Posterior ankle and subtalar joint capsulotomy

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Hi, guys. My dd has a new ortho (her third) that we just began

seeing this week. New doctor says that on Jan. 3, she has scheduled

for a bilateral achilles tenetomy w/ a posterior ankle and

joint subtalar joint capsulotomy. I told her that I was not

comfortable with it, and told her that although she says that she

adheres strictly with the Ponseti method, this did not sound like

something that was part of his method (I had the global help booklet

with me). She says that the whole procedure is something that she

learned at one of Dr.P's courses that he taught. This just doesn't

sound right to me. I thought the simple, non-open incision was part

of Dr. P's plan...Has anyone had experience with this? I emailed

Joyce at Dr. Ponseti's office and included pictures of

standing and me pushing her foot to dorsiflexion (he requested the

pics last week), but I haven't heard back, I'm sure because of the

holidays. We have applied to go to Shriners in Tampa where a doc on

Dr. Ponseti's list is practicing. However the application has to be

approved by the chief of staff, which they said could take weeks. I

don't know if Shriners only takes cases based on financial need,

which I'm not sure that we would qualify for...Anyway, just looking

for info or advice about the doctor's claim that this was something

that Ponseti teaches. BTW, I am going to put the standing pics (she

doesn't stand on her own yet) and the dorsiflexion pics on the

cfpics board, in case anyone has insight into whether they think she

might need the surgery that is being suggested. Thanks, guys! Don't

know what I would have done w/out all of the advice and info that we

have gained here, just in the past couple of weeks!

- ( 2/1/05 bcf DBB 23/7)

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This surgery is not part of Dr. Ponseti's protocol. In my opinion, you would

be better off waiting for the Shriners thing to some through as opposed to

going through with this surgery. I have never heard of Dr. Ponseti performing

a surgery such as this particularly on such a young child.

Jenni

cricketsmom05 wrote: Hi, guys. My dd has a new

ortho (her third) that we just began

seeing this week. New doctor says that on Jan. 3, she has scheduled

for a bilateral achilles tenetomy w/ a posterior ankle and

joint subtalar joint capsulotomy. I told her that I was not

comfortable with it, and told her that although she says that she

adheres strictly with the Ponseti method, this did not sound like

something that was part of his method (I had the global help booklet

with me). She says that the whole procedure is something that she

learned at one of Dr.P's courses that he taught. This just doesn't

sound right to me. I thought the simple, non-open incision was part

of Dr. P's plan...Has anyone had experience with this? I emailed

Joyce at Dr. Ponseti's office and included pictures of

standing and me pushing her foot to dorsiflexion (he requested the

pics last week), but I haven't heard back, I'm sure because of the

holidays. We have applied to go to Shriners in Tampa where a doc on

Dr. Ponseti's list is practicing. However the application has to be

approved by the chief of staff, which they said could take weeks. I

don't know if Shriners only takes cases based on financial need,

which I'm not sure that we would qualify for...Anyway, just looking

for info or advice about the doctor's claim that this was something

that Ponseti teaches. BTW, I am going to put the standing pics (she

doesn't stand on her own yet) and the dorsiflexion pics on the

cfpics board, in case anyone has insight into whether they think she

might need the surgery that is being suggested. Thanks, guys! Don't

know what I would have done w/out all of the advice and info that we

have gained here, just in the past couple of weeks!

- ( 2/1/05 bcf DBB 23/7)

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We do have Tricare Prime- it's great not having to pay for all of

these dr. visits! I haven't recieved the actual paper referral yet,

but they told me it was going in as a " second opinion " referral. The

Tricare office is also working with my husband to pay for him to go.

Called Accompanying TDY or something like that.

Yes, so many similarities. We almost went to Italy- had orders to

leave in Nov but we got them cancelled since I'm in school!

That's too bad he's out to sea. That's gotta be hard. You're doing

great keeping up with all of this on your own!

Jenn

> > > > >

> > > > > Hi, guys. My dd has a new ortho (her third) that we just

> began

> > > > > seeing this week. New doctor says that on Jan. 3, she has

> > > scheduled

> > > > > for a bilateral achilles tenetomy w/ a posterior

> ankle

> > > and

> > > > > joint subtalar joint capsulotomy. I told her that I was

not

> > > > > comfortable with it, and told her that although she says

> that

> > > she

> > > > > adheres strictly with the Ponseti method, this did not

sound

> > > like

> > > > > something that was part of his method (I had the global

help

> > > > booklet

> > > > > with me). She says that the whole procedure is something

> that

> > > she

> > > > > learned at one of Dr.P's courses that he taught. This just

> > > doesn't

> > > > > sound right to me. I thought the simple, non-open incision

> was

> > > part

> > > > > of Dr. P's plan...Has anyone had experience with this? I

> > emailed

> > > > > Joyce at Dr. Ponseti's office and included pictures of

>

> > > > > standing and me pushing her foot to dorsiflexion (he

> requested

> > > the

> > > > > pics last week), but I haven't heard back, I'm sure

because

> of

> > > the

> > > > > holidays. We have applied to go to Shriners in Tampa where

a

> > doc

> > > on

> > > > > Dr. Ponseti's list is practicing. However the application

> has

> > to

> > > be

> > > > > approved by the chief of staff, which they said could take

> > > weeks. I

> > > > > don't know if Shriners only takes cases based on financial

> > need,

> > > > > which I'm not sure that we would qualify for...Anyway,

just

> > > looking

> > > > > for info or advice about the doctor's claim that this was

> > > something

> > > > > that Ponseti teaches. BTW, I am going to put the standing

> pics

> > > (she

> > > > > doesn't stand on her own yet) and the dorsiflexion pics on

> the

> > > > > cfpics board, in case anyone has insight into whether they

> > think

> > > > she

> > > > > might need the surgery that is being suggested. Thanks,

> guys!

> > > Don't

> > > > > know what I would have done w/out all of the advice and

info

> > > that

> > > > we

> > > > > have gained here, just in the past couple of weeks!

> > > > > - ( 2/1/05 bcf DBB 23/7)

> > > > >

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

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,

Well, I guess I'm still behind a little, I see that in the past few

days you've decided to try to get to see dr. Ponseti. This is

fantastic. Remember too, if the financial side of things with the

insurance are giving you trouble you can try Dr. Dobbs at the Shriners

here in St. Louis.

Best wishes,

> >

> > Hi, guys. My dd has a new ortho (her third) that we just began

> > seeing this week. New doctor says that on Jan. 3, she has scheduled

> > for a bilateral achilles tenetomy w/ a posterior ankle and

> > joint subtalar joint capsulotomy. I told her that I was not

> > comfortable with it, and told her that although she says that she

> > adheres strictly with the Ponseti method, this did not sound like

> > something that was part of his method (I had the global help booklet

> > with me). She says that the whole procedure is something that she

> > learned at one of Dr.P's courses that he taught. This just doesn't

> > sound right to me. I thought the simple, non-open incision was part

> > of Dr. P's plan...Has anyone had experience with this? I emailed

> > Joyce at Dr. Ponseti's office and included pictures of

> > standing and me pushing her foot to dorsiflexion (he requested the

> > pics last week), but I haven't heard back, I'm sure because of the

> > holidays. We have applied to go to Shriners in Tampa where a doc on

> > Dr. Ponseti's list is practicing. However the application has to be

> > approved by the chief of staff, which they said could take weeks. I

> > don't know if Shriners only takes cases based on financial need,

> > which I'm not sure that we would qualify for...Anyway, just looking

> > for info or advice about the doctor's claim that this was something

> > that Ponseti teaches. BTW, I am going to put the standing pics (she

> > doesn't stand on her own yet) and the dorsiflexion pics on the

> > cfpics board, in case anyone has insight into whether they think she

> > might need the surgery that is being suggested. Thanks, guys! Don't

> > know what I would have done w/out all of the advice and info that we

> > have gained here, just in the past couple of weeks!

> > - ( 2/1/05 bcf DBB 23/7)

> >

>