Treatment of Congenital Clubfoot

Figure 2 & 3

Ignacio Ponseti, MD
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fig2. Medial view. The first metatarsal is in more flexion than the other metatarsals, thus causing the cavus.
Fig 3. The cavus is corrected by extending the first metatarsal and supinating the forefoot.


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