[Causes of recurrence of congenital clubfoot in children and indications for surgical treatment].

Unsatisfactory results of the conservative treatment of club foot deformity in 220 patients (346 feet) were analyzed. Data of roentgenograms in 86 patients enabled the authors to make a conclusion that an early cause of recurrent club foot is the delayed formation of nuclei of ossification of the navicular and I sphenoid bones, the later cause of the recurrent deformity is early synostosis of the epiphysis of the metatarsal bone. The importance of dispensary observation ad prophylactic measures after the treatment of congenital club foot is emphasized.

[Experience with the surgical treatment of congenital clubfoot in children by the Shturm method].

The authors have studied results of the operative treatment of a typical form of congenital talipes in 220 patients (346 feet) operated by the method of V.A. Shturm Remote results of the surgical treatment were followed in 157 patients (255 feet).