Patient-based outcomes after Ilizarov surgery in resistant clubfeet.

We present the results of clinical evaluation and patient-based outcomes after Ilizarov surgery in resistant clubfeet (grade D clubfeet, Dimeglio-Bensahel system). This is a retrospective study of 26 resistant clubfeet in 23 children who were managed by the Ilizarov technique. The average age of the patients at the time of the operation was 9 years and the average follow-up period was 47 months.