Congenital Bowing of Long Bones with Club Foot in Two Sisters.

Congenital bowing of the long bones: report of a case.

Congenital bowing of many long bones in a single individual is comparatively rare and Angle (1954), in a review of the English literature, found only eight reported cases. On the other hand, bowing of individual long bones occurs with greater frequency, the same author reviewing 12 cases of anterior and 14 cases of posterior tibial angulation and three cases with bilateral involvement of the fe...

Congenital Club-Foot

Congenital Club-Foot

Treatment and prognosis in congenital club foot.

One hundred and twenty-nine unselected club feet were classified at birth into three grades of severity; 123 were followed up. The results of primary treatment were analysed and it is shown that the bad feet did worst. Serial splinting in plasters achieved lasting correction in nine in ten mild club feet, in half of the moderately deformed, but in only one in ten of the severely affected. Surgi...

The causes of congenital club foot.

Hippocrates was the first to suggest that permanent crippling can follow abnormal intrauterine pressure. More recently, Browne (1936) has been the foremost exponent of the view that this is a major cause of congenital club feet. The theory had first been challenged in the early 19th century by the authors of several very detailed studies on the condition. Little (1839) felt that the variety of ...