No Tenotomy

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Hi All,

I am following up to a former posting where I voiced my concern over

the reccommended tenotomy; My son Max wore 5 sets of casts, and his

feet made terrific progress. My wife and I were skeptical when we

were told that the Dr. reccomended this procedure, and we took a lot

of time researching and asking questions. We then started him on

the brace and he adjusted after a couple of days. When we had him

out of the brace we were able to stand him flat on his feet, and

there was no problem flexing up or down. Thus, we were even more

skeptical of the necessity of the tenotomy.

We returned to the Doctor after a few weeks with Max in the brace,

and upon inspection he was impressed with how well Max's feet had

improved. He then concurred that it would be alright to forgo the

tenotomy.

As a matter of curiosity, has anyone else chosen to forgo the

tenotomy. If so, I would really like to hear about your situation,

and how well your child has done with just the casting and the brace?

Thank You,

R Wagner