RT Journal
A1 Issler-Wüthrich, Ursula
A1 Dierauer, Stefan
A1 Issler, Christian
A1 Bonnet-Dimeglio, Frédérique
T1 A Comparison of Two Nonoperative Methods of Idiopathic Clubfoot Correction: The Ponseti Method and the French Functional (Physiotherapy) Method
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2009
FD August 1
VO 91
IS 8
SP 2041
OP 2042
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
The new comparative study of the Ponseti and the French functional method "A Comparison of Two Nonoperative Methods of Idiopathic Clubfoot Correction: The Ponseti Method and the French Functional (Physiotherapy) Method" (2008;90:2313-21), by Richards et al., is an important contribution to the advancement of the knowledge and the practice of these two methods. This extensive study, covering about five years and involving 256 patients with 386 clubfeet in total, provides an excellent overview of the impact of the two methods as practiced at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Indeed, the evaluation of outcomes with an average patient age of 4.3 years provides a very good vision of the evolution over time, in particular with respect to relapses.