Club Foot Wheeless

Description: Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
Talipes Equinovarus/Clubfoot
congenital clubfoot is a structural foot deformity that is present at birth;
- there is in utero malalignment of the talocalcaneal, talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints;
- articular malalignments are fixed by contracted joint capsules, ligaments, and contracted foot and ankle tendons;
- may be bilateral in up to 50%;
- occurs in about 1 out of 800 births;
- more common in males than females;