Re: Anyone who didn't need tenotomy?

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was born with bcf too, and only needed a tenetomy (at Dr.

Ponseti's office) on her left foot. Her right foot just had enough

dorsiflexion to not deem it necessary. I don't think that not having

it (as long as the dorsiflexion is there) would be cause for a relapse.

There are several parents that post here whose kids didn't have the

tenetomy at all...I would be curious to know how many were bcf, and

how many were r or lcf, though...

( 2/1/05 bcf: P/M 22/7)

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> Thanks for the answers to my first tenotomy question.

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> I'm curious to know how many parents on this board did not need the

> tenotomy. If no tenotomy was done, how are the feet now? Would

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> mommy to -J'nee, bcf, born 01.07.06

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My son is almost 19 months old and never had a tenotomy. has been recasted,

but was due to 1st Dr. not overcorrecting his feet. And the DBB was not set up

right. We started seeing Dr. Ponseti in Sept. and he corrected his feet

properly and did not feel he needed the tenotomy. That has been 5 months and

his feet are great. He walks, runs, jumps, dances, climbs, goes up and down

stairs. No relapse. This is the longest he has ever went without one. Hope

this helps.

Tabitha

Brittanie 2-9-00

Karter 7-30-04

jennylare2004 wrote:

Thanks for the answers to my first tenotomy question.

I'm curious to know how many parents on this board did not need the

tenotomy. If no tenotomy was done, how are the feet now? Would there

be more chance for relapse?

mommy to -J'nee, bcf, born 01.07.06

[Guest guest]

no tenotomy for Darbi. Her foot is perfect!

some need it, some don't. Most do though, about 85% of the children

corrected with the Ponseti Method will need it. There is not any

known increase for relapse without it, it's just a matter of if the

tendon has the ability to stretch long enough to get and keep the

foot at 5-15 degrees of dorsiflexion. My daughter has fantastic

dorsiflexion, in fact a bit more than her non-affected foot. Funny huh?

Kori

At 09:05 PM 2/25/2006, you wrote:

>Thanks for the answers to my first tenotomy question.

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>I'm curious to know how many parents on this board did not need the

>tenotomy. If no tenotomy was done, how are the feet now? Would there

>be more chance for relapse?

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>mommy to -J'nee, bcf, born 01.07.06

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