Availability and readability of online patient information on clubfoot: assessment of paediatric hospital clubfoot web pages

Reliability, Readability and Quality of Online Information about Femoracetabular Impingement

Background: The Internet has become the most widely-used source for patients seeking information more about their health and many sites geared towards this audience have gained widespread use in recent years. Additionally, many healthcare institutions publish their own patient-education web sites with information regarding common conditions. Little is known about how these resources impact pati...

Profile of Paediatric Patients With Clubfoot Attending Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Study

INTRODUCTION Clubfoot is a major structural birth defect of the foot. It may occur as part of a greater syndrome or as an isolated malformation. A combination of genetic and environmental factors appears to be associated with the congenital clubfoot deformity. Its incidence varies with genetic background, gender and race. Suggestions of a genetic association include studies that have revealed t...

Treatment of Neglected Clubfoot

The Neglected clubfoot deformity is a major disability for children and adults in low income countries. The bones and joints of the foot deform into fixed equines, adducts, cavus, and supination as the patient walk on the side or dorsum of the foot. The Orthopaedic literature on clubfoot deformity focuses on early intervention in a resource-rich environment, with numerous surgical options outli...

Clubfoot Image Classification

The Neglected Clubfoot

The neglected clubfoot deformity is a major disabler of children and adults in developing nations. The bones and joints of the foot deform into fixed equinus, adductus, cavus, and supination as patients walk on the side or dorsum of the foot. There is severe obliquity of the calcaneocuboid joint, which must be corrected in most cases. An algorithmic surgical approach, using peritalar soft tissu...