Re: Re: no tenotomy needed????

September 3, 2005

Hi my son was born with left club foot and I just got back from Iowa, he

was treated by Dr Ponseti. He fixed his foot in 4 casts as well and did not need

the tenotomy. I think its just that the foot moved well and was flexable enough

not to need it. My son definitly had club foot but I guess you could say it was

a mild case compared to some of the other children who have stiff feet. There

was a lady there in Iowa with me whos son needed 7 casts and the tenotomy, so

each foot is different I guess you should just be happy that he didnt need it at

all. Noah's last cast comes off on weds so I will let you know how it looks

without the tenotomy. I'm sure if Dr. Ponseti himself doesnt do it sometimes

than it seems perfectly normal and you should have nothing to worry about. Take

care.

& Noah 03/20/05 LCF

mamaemaya wrote:

My daughter also had a murky condition. not dx as cf but her foot

never went quite straight. you are lucky that your dr. recommended

treatment. due to an illness on the part of our first, non ponsetti

physician, we ended up canceling her scheduled tendon release and

ended up finding a ponsetti certified physician. she thought katie

would need the tenotomy but when seh took her fourth cast off she

told us we were done.

Liz

> Hi everyone!

> I am mostly a lurker but have posted to a few newbies waiting for

their

> babies to come. My son is almost 4 weeks old and was born with RCF

and

> a left foot turned in but the doctor did not think it was clubbed.

The

> left one had 2 casts and looks pretty good now, the right one is

now on

> the 4th cast with 1 more to go. The doctor told me it doesn't look

like

> little Vinnie will need the tenotomy because the flexibility looks

> good. I guess my question is Has anyone else not needed the

tenotomy?

> We are grateful even though it is a small surgery. Do you think it

was

> truly a clubfoot or more of a positional thing??? Thanks for

reading.

> -kelly )

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