Continuous nursing for infants with congenital talipes equinovarus undergoing Ponseti therapy and telehealth education for their parents via WeChat: a single center retrospective study.

Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of continuous nursing and telehealth education via WeChat in infants with congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV) undergoing Ponseti therapy on reducing complications, care burden, and improving the quality of life for parents.

Methods: This is a single-center retrospective study. From July 2021 to December 2022, 44 CTEV children who undergoing Ponseti treatment in our hospital who received continuous nursing and telehealth education via WeChat (experimental group).

Incidence of growth disturbance after distal tibia physeal fracture in children.

Background: To analyze the growth disturbance after distal tibia physeal fracture in children.

Methods: Data about children with distal tibia physeal fractures between September 2015 to September 2018 were collected, including age, gender, affected side, Salter-Harris classification, initial maximal displacement, with or without fibula fracture, open or closed reduction, the method of fixation, time to surgery, blood loss, duration of operation, and complications. Patients were placed in the growth disturbance group when leg length discrepancy was equal to or greater than 1.