Guest guest Posted January 29, 2000 Report Share Posted January 29, 2000 Welcome Dr. Colbum. My daughter Ivy was born with a right clubfoot 8/17/99. She was treated by an orthopedic surgeon who performed serial castings and a percutaneous heel cord release without anesthesia. The procedure was likened to giving a shot. What is the definition of surgery? The doctor who first attempted to correct Ivy's foot didn't use Ponseti's method. (though he did reference Dr. Ponseti) We are currently taking Ivy to see Dr. Ponseti, who tells me that Ivy may need another tenotomy. Dr. Ponseti said the heel release could be done either with or without anesthesia, but he always anesthetizes. clubfoot treatment From: .Colburn@... I am a Podiatric Surgeon employed by an HMO in the SF Bay Area. I have recently trained with Dr. Ponseti, and have tried his method on 4 feet, three children. I was gratified to have such great results in only 5 castings each. I had been casting these children since birth ( 3 and 4 months each) and did not get much correction until changing to his technique. I know that there is some confusion as to this technique being " non-surgical " . It really is a minimal surgical procedure thatI needed to perform after 4 castings, to correct the equinus, " tight achilles tendon " . This is a minimal procedure and was done in the office with one child and operating room, the others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2000 Report Share Posted January 31, 2000 Dr. Colburn, Welcome to the list!! It is so exciting that you have started using Dr. Ponseti's method! I wish more doctors used it. Thank you for joining. Joy P.s. My daughter Rose's story is on the link below: http://community.webtv.net/joybelle15/ROSESCLUBFOOTPAGE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2000 Report Share Posted January 31, 2000 Happy Birthday Rose. Welcome Dr.Colburn. Did Dr.Wargon contact you to learn Dr.Ponseti's method of treatment? Anandhi. -- >From: joybelle15@... (Joy Shipley) > >Dr. Colburn, >Welcome to the list!! It is so exciting that you have started using Dr. >Ponseti's method! I wish more doctors used it. Thank you for >joining. > >Joy >P.s. My daughter Rose's story is on the link below: > > >http://community.webtv.net/joybelle15/ROSESCLUBFOOTPAGE > > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2000 Report Share Posted January 31, 2000 <<<Happy Birthday Rose.>>> Thank you, Anandhi!! Rose had lots of fun! I can't believe she's already a year old! Joy http://community.webtv.net/joybelle15/ROSESCLUBFOOTPAGE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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