Does the parental stretching programs improve metatarsus adductus in newborns?

The management of metatarsus adductus et supinatus.

Forty-three patients with 69 feet affected by isolated metatarsus adductus et supinatus were reviewed. Of these, 20 patients (with 31 involved feet) had been treated expectantly and spontaneous resolution had occurred with time. The remaining 23 patients (with 38 feet) had required anteromedial release; the operative technique is described. Excellent results were uniformly achieved in both grou...

Metatarsat Osteotomy for the Correction of Metatarsus Adductus

The pediatric/adolescent patient with the deformity metatarsus adductus, represents an entirely different set of circumstances from a surgical standpoint than does the adult patient. ln dealing with a pediatric deformity there exists many more surgical variables. An individual with metatarsus adductus as a primary deformity will have greater expectations from treatment than will the patient tha...

Metatarsus adductus in two brothers with Aarskog syndrome.

Ball and socket ankle joint in metatarsus adductus varus. (S-shaped or serpentine foot).

Metatarsus adductus varus is characterised by fixed adduction and supination of the forefoot and valgus deformity of the heel. On weight-bearing this valgus becomes more pronounced, thus enabling the forefoot to pronate and increase its area of contact with the ground (Figs. 1 and 2). This rare and unyielding deformity of the forefoot and hindfoot must be clearly distinguished from the common m...

Reduction of the intermetatarsal angle after first metatarsophalangeal joint arthrodesis in patients with moderate and severe metatarsus primus adductus.

A radiographic review of first metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ) arthrodesis in patients who had preoperative intermetatarsal angles greater than 15 degrees is presented. The average reduction of the intermetatarsal angle was measured. Twenty-one patients with 22 fusions, with ages ranging from 43 to 79 years old, underwent first MPJ arthrodesis with screw or pin fixation as determined appropriat...