Club Foot / CTEV

Club Foot / CTEV is a very common birth defect in which one or both feet are deformed. For many years, these were treated with casts which took very long time to cure. Many of these patients ultimately were operated and results of surgery were also not good.

For last few years, new technique by the name of “PONSETI TECHNIQUE” has yielded very good results. Number of plasters is reduced to minimum and the results are very good. Final foot is very supple, soft and flexible.

There is lesser chance of relapse with this technique. We are treating CTEV cases in Bhola Hospital, with PONSETI technique since 2005. Only few doctors are treating CTEV/Club Foot with PONSETI technique. Children up to 7 years of age can be treated with PONSETI.

Patients above the age of 7 and children with relapsed CLUB FOOT are treated with ILIZAROV technique and the results are excellent.