Complex Clubfoot Treatment With Ponseti Method: A Latin American Multicentric Study.

Background: Complex clubfoot is a term used to describe those feet that present after treatment with a short first metatarsal, severe plantar flexion of all metatarsals, rigid equinus, and deep folds through the sole of the foot and above the heel. Ponseti has described a modification of his original technique for the treatment of the deformity. Few series have reported the treatment outcomes of this group of patients.

Surgical Reconstruction for Talocalcaneal Coalitions With Severe Hindfoot Valgus Deformity.

Introduction: Coalition resection can restore motion, and improve pain in patients with talocalcaneal coalitions (TCCs) and an aligned foot. However, there is some debate regarding appropriate treatment of patients with associated valgus deformity. The purpose of this study was to present the outcomes and complications following surgical reconstruction, with or without coalition resection, in a series of patients with TCC and severe hindfoot valgus.

Guided growth with the tension band plate construct: a prospective comparison of 2 methods of implant placement.

Introduction: Since its introduction in 2007, the use of 8-plates has gained great popularity for the correction of diverse deformities in skeletally immature patients. In this study, we evaluate 2 different techniques of implant placement.

Methods: A consecutive series of patients with indication of guided growth around the knee (femur or tibia) were included in the study.

Percutaneous trigger thumb release in children: neither effective nor safe.

Background: Although percutaneous trigger thumb release has been extensively used in adults, the technique is not widespread in children. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of percutaneous trigger thumb release in the pediatric age group.

Methods: Twenty consecutive thumbs of 15 patients scheduled for surgical release of the A1 pulley were included in this cohort.

Percutaneous treatment of osteoid osteoma by CT-guided drilling resection in pediatric patients.

Background: Osteoid osteoma is a painful, benign, small osteogenic bone tumor. For a long time, surgery was the only treatment for these lesions. Different minimally invasive therapeutic techniques have been proposed.