LOCATION
JPMC Clubfoot Clinic and Ponseti Research Center, Orthopedic OPD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, JPMC (Jinnah Hospital) ,Rafique Sh. CLINIC TIMINGS
9.00 am - 12.30 pm , Tuesday and Thursday
WHAT IS CLUBFOOT? Clubfoot, or Talipes Equinovarus, is a treatable birth defect that affects approximately 150,000-200,000 children (one in a thousand newborns) each year. It is one of the most co
mmon congenital deformities diagnosed at birth with the feet twisted inward and downward (Some cases are diagnosed during a routine ultrasound as well). This condition is not painful at birth but when children reach their walking age, an uncorrected clubfoot can make it very painful and difficult for them to walk, if not impossible.http://online.x-plain.com/modules_v3/ortho/op860102/op869102.pdf
(A clear and simple Clubfoot Review provided by the PIA)
TREATMENT: THE PONSETI METHOD
"Parents of infants born with clubfeet may be reassured that their baby, if otherwise normal, when treated by expert hands will have normal looking feet with normal function for all practical purposes. The well treated clubfoot is no handicap and is fully compatible with normal, active life."
_Ignacio Ponseti, M.D. Over fifty years ago, Dr. Ignacio Ponseti developed a Non-Invasive method for treating clubfoot, the now renowned 'Ponseti method'. The Ponseti method consists of using a series of casts, gentle manipulation and a special brace for correcting the shape of the feet. This treatment is 95+% effective and exceptionally cost effective with no known side effects. Treatment should be started soon after birth. WHY NO TO SURGERY? It has been a popular practice of Orthopedic surgeons (to date) to ask parents of a child born with clubfoot deformity to come in after 3 to 6 months and get the clubfoot surgically corrected. This practice is now being discouraged as surgery in the clubfoot is invariably followed by scarring, stiffness and muscle weakness which becomes more severe and disabling after adolescence. For details on The Ponseti Method visit http://www.ponseti.info/clubfoot-and-the-ponseti-method/what-is-clubfoot/ponseti-method.html
PONSETI INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION (PIA)
Ponseti International Association (PIA) is the leader of training and educating health care professionals around the world in the Ponseti Method. www.ponseti.info
LIST OF PIA PREFERRED TREATMENT PROVIDERS AND FACULTY TRAINERS
http://www.ponseti.info/patients-and-parents/find-a-pia-preferred-provider/list-of-pia-preferred-providers.html
PONSETI INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION-PAKISTAN
http://www.ponseti.info/ponseti-method-training-programs/types-of-training/country-initiatives/pakistan.html
*Note: Some text has been borrowed from ponseti.info
