Treatment of Congenital Clubfoot

Figure 16

Ignacio Ponseti, MD
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figure 16
Arching the foot as if to straighten a bent wire with pressure applied on the lateral side of the foot near the calcuneocuboid joint is a major error because medial pressure at the calcaneocuboid joint prevents the calcaneus from abducting and therefore from everting, since the calcaneus can evert only when it is abducted.


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