Comparison Of The Clinical Results Of Two Accelerated Ponseti Techniques For Patients With Clubfoot

Aim: Accelerated Ponseti technique is aplication of manipulation and casting the clubfoot patients more frequent than the weekly technique. The aim of this study is to compare two different accelerated ponseti techniques applied to clubfoot patients.

Patients and techniques: Twelve patients (19 feet) treated with the accelerated Ponseti technique for severe clubfoot between September 2018 and April 2020 were included in the study. The patients were divided into 2 groups as group A and group B. Group A had casting twice a week  and Group B had 1st casting in first day of the treatment, with the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th castings in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th day post-manipulation

Results: 6 patients ( 9 feet) were in group A, 6 patients ( 10 feet) were in group B. There was no significant difference regarding ages of patients’ between groups (P=0.206). There were no significant difference between groups regarding Pirani score after final cast removal (P=0.856) and after 6 weeks (P=0.930).

Conclusions: Although there is no definite interval determined for the accelerated Ponseti technique, successful results were obtained as a result of the techniques applied in the present study.