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SICOT 2025: Optimal Timing of Ponseti Treatment in Idiopathic Clubfoot

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August 2025

SICOT 2025: Optimal Timing of Ponseti Treatment in Idiopathic Clubfoot

Vol: 307| Issue: 8| Number:94| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Meta-analysis/Systematic Review
OE Level Evidence:N/A
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Is It Better To Start Ponseti Method For The TreatmentOf Congenital Idiopathic Clubfoot In The First 4 Weeks OfLife?

Contributing Authors:
Turki Saleh Alotaibi Abdullah Ibrahim Alturki Yazeed Abdullah Alsanad Abdullah Addar

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Six studies involving 467 infants (689 feet) with idiopathic clubfoot were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis comparing Ponseti treatment initiated before 4 weeks versus after 4 weeks of age. Pooled outcomes of interest included number of casts, need for tenotomy, and recurrence rates. Results showed that starting treatment earlier (<4 weeks) was associated with a slightly higher...

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