Treatment of congenital clubfoot using Ponseti method

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To quantitatively and qualitatively analyze the results from treatment of congenital clubfoot with a mean follow-up of 4.6 years. METHODS: 26 patients who underwent treatment by means of the Ponseti method were analyzed (total of 39 feet). The mean age at the start of the treatment was 5.65 months. The mean length of the follow-up subsequent to tenotomy of the Achilles tendon was 4.6 years. Patients with secondary clubfoot were excluded. Epidemiological data, radiographic measurements on the Kite angle and data from a satisfaction questionnaire and the Laaveg questionnaire were analyzed. RESULTS: Among the 26 patients treated, one presented recurrence of the deformity and had to return to the beginning of the treatment. The mean score from the questionnaire and physical examination was 89.76 points, and this result was considered good. 99% of the patients responded that their feet never hurt or hurt only upon great activity; 88% said that their feet did not limit their activities; and 96% said that they were very satisfied or satisfied with the results from the treatment. The mean Kite angle in anteroposterior view was 28.14° and it was 26.11° in lateral view. CONCLUSION: Treatment for idiopathic congenital clubfoot by means of the Ponseti method brings better results together with less soft-tissue injury, thus confirming the effectiveness and good reproducibility of this method

Estudo retrospectivo do tratamento cirúrgico do neuroma de morton por via plantar

Com o propósito de avaliar a eficácia da técnica cirúrgica - neurectomia por via plantar -, em portadores de neuroma de Morton, 19 pacientes foram submetidos a esse tratamento. Portanto, foram 19 neuromas, sendo 84,3% do sexo feminino, 15,7% do sexo masculino; 31,5% no segundo espaço intermetatarsal, 68,5% no terceiro; 47,3% no lado direito e 52,7% no esquerdo. A cirurgia foi realizada por via plantar em todos os casos, com tempo médio de acompanhamento de 9 meses, e o resultado foi considerado satisfatório em 89,5% dos pacientes. O tempo de retorno às atividades foi de 6 semanas em 84,2%. Dois pacientes se apresentaram insatisfeitos, ambos devido à dor residual abaixo da cicatriz. Os autores concluem que, a neurectomia por via plantar foi satisfatória, pois há uma melhor exposição do neuroma, boa cicatrização, retorno rápido às atividades e melhora da dor

SED-brachydactyly and distinctive speech: Report of a new familial case

Background: Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia-brachydactyly and distinctive speech (SED-BDS) is a syndrome characterized by short stature, disproportionately short limbs, peculiar face, thick and abundant hair, high-pitched and coarse voice, small epiphyses, brachymetacarpalia, brachymetatarsalia and brachy-phalangia of fingers and toes, small pelvis and delayed carpal bone age, among other features. Case Report: We report a Brazilian patient with father, brother and sister presenting with the same typical features of the syndrome. Clinically, he showed disproportionately short stature, rhizo-meso-acromelic shortness of the extremities, short hands and feet, a peculiar distinctive high-pitched voice, peculiar facies, and other features already reported as characteristic of this syndrome. Radiographic fndings included shape anomalies of the vertebral bodies such as cuboid-shaped vertebral bodies, mild scoliosis, short and broad tubular bones, brachymetacarpalia, brachymetatarsalia, and brachy-dactyly, lumbar hyperlordosis, generalized osteopenia, and hypoplastic iliac wings. Conclusions: Few cases have been described, as this is a rare skeletal dysplasia. This paper describes a new familial case of SED-BDS. © The American Journal of Case Reports