%0 Journal Article
%T Tratamiento del pie equinovaro cong¨¦nito irreductible mediante minifijador externo RALCA£¿
%A Marrero River¨®n
%A Luis Oscar
%A ¨¢lvarez Cambras
%A Rodrigo
%A Fleites Lafont
%A Luis
%A Fiallo Ort¨ªz
%A Esmildo
%A Mart¨ªnez Gonz¨¢lez
%A Miguel
%A Jim¨¦nez Hern¨¢ndez
%A Manuel
%A Lara Valdivia
%A Jes¨²s Enrique
%A Fort¨²n Planes
%A Primitivo
%A Pereda Cardoso
%A Osvaldo
%J Revista Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatolog£¿-a
%D 2010
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X introduction: equinovarus foot is one of the more frequent podalic affections at birth. behavior to follow has been always a complex subject due to the individual characteristics of each deformity thus remained a group of children with irreducible feet and ages in which treatment becomes very difficult. the aim of present paper was to assess the use of ralca£¿ external fixation in irreducible congenital equinovarus foot. methods: an interventional study was conducted in 15 patients (21 feet) aged 4 and 10, seen in "frank pa¨ªs" international orthopedic scientific complex from january 1, 2007 to december, 31 2008 presenting with irreducible equinovarus foot. all patients received the above mentioned fixation. authors applied the score for dimeglio/bensahel `clinical correction and the roye score for function-satisfaction. six radiographic parameters were measured before and after therapeutical procedure. results: there was a 100% of results for clinical correction, unfavourable function-satisfaction values during the postoperative period, a 61,91% of satisfactory values regards the clinical correction, as well as a 57,14%for function and a61,9% in satisfaction during the postoperative period. scaphoid position (posteroanterior view) and the astragalus-calcaneus overlapping (posteroanterior view) were the more reliable radiographic parameters regard its relation to the clinical results obtained after treatment. conclusion: these results demonstrate the effectiveness of ralca£¿ external fixation as principal treatment method always taking into account that the case is a rigid and irreducible foot.
%K irreducible congenital equinovarus foot
%K treatment
%K external fixation
%K ralca£¿ external minimal fixation.
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