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Deformity Correction and Limb lengthening Orthopedics Pediatric Orthopedics

Clubfoot Parental Awareness and Caregiving advise Programme at Palakkad , Kerala


Clubfoot Care Team at Palakkad District Cooperative Hospital, Palakkad, Kerala, India
Clubfoot Care Team at Palakkad District Cooperative Hospital, Palakkad, Kerala, India

I am happy to announce that we successfully organised a Clubfoot Parental Awareness and Caregiving Programme at the Palakkad District Co-operative Hospital, Palakkad, Kerala on August 31st, 2019. This was done to organise parents into a self support group and to provide parents the necessary group counselling on Ponseti Method of Clubfoot treatment.

We have been organising World Clubfoot Day programmes, Free Medical Camps of Clubfoot and assiting children from underprivileged backgrounds get Ponseti standard of care Clubfoot along with CTEV Foot Abduction Orthosis via our charity trust https://mitratrust.org. We also described out #ArztForACause art and painting fundraiser which is undertaken originally to raise funds for children with Cerebral Palsy and now extended to children with Pediatric Orthopaedic Deformities.

The programme was well attended and was co-ordinated with our Obsterician colleague and all the staff nurses who are part of the Clubfoot Care team who counselled the young mothers on Breast Feeding, Child Nutrition, Clubfoot, Braces and Ponseti Exercises.

We were pleasantly surprised at the turnout on the day as it was organised in short notice. This programme will be followed up more such programmes on Clubfoot ( sometimes called CTEV : Congenital Talipes Equino Varus ) for Staff Nurses and train them in Ponseti Care .

Attaching below are the pictures from the event.

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Deformity Correction and Limb lengthening Orthopedics Pediatric Orthopedics

Bracing and Orthotics for Clubfoot (CTEV)


Once clubfoot is corrected with Ponseti plaster application and tendoachilles tenotomy, it’s time to maintain the correction of foot till child is grown more and started walking well. There is risk of clubfoot recurring without proper bracing.

Recurrent clubfoot
Recurrent clubfoot without bracing

Types of braces

Steinbeck device, Iowa Brace and Dobbs Brace are commonly used clubfoot Foot Abduction Orthosis.

Dobbs brace in particular has the added advantage of providing extra mobility to the child potentially improving compliance. Comparatively it’s more expensive.

Compliance

In rural India it’s especially difficult to ensure compliance to orthosis for parents as many feel clubfoot treatment finishes with Ponseti casting. Social issues and sensitivity of going out of home with brace fitted is one of the issues that makes parent fall out. Some of them don’t spend enough time learning to put it on and take it off and give up once child starts crying. It’s an easy procedure that we teach aling with nurses and orthotists to help parents during initial days.

Steinbeck braces

Steinbeck bracing
Clubfoot Steinbeck braces

Fitting Steinbeck clubfoot brace
Foot inside Steinbeck clubfoot brace

Dobbs Bracing

Dobbs brace for Clubfoot
Dobbs brace allowing movement

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Deformity Correction and Limb lengthening Orthopedics Pediatric Orthopedics

World Clubfoot Day on June 3rd


This 2018, on June 3rd, we at Palakkad District Co-operative Hospital and Research Centre are celebrating the World Clubfoot Day.

We are planning special Outpatient Clinics for children with Clubfoot disorder in and around Palakkad, Kerala.

Please find below the Malayalam Poster for the #ClubFoot Day

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Pediatric Orthopedics

Dedicated Clubfoot Clinic at Palakkad , Kerala, India

Club Foot
Club Foot

Among the pediatric orthopedic problems, Club Foot is one of the commonest.

 It is a curving congenital deformity of the child’s foot. The knowledge of the deformity may come to light after birth and is traumatic for the parents. Thankfully treatment is simple, streamlined and gives good result. We apply POP casts to the foot every week and usually the foot corrects by 6 plasters. A small release of the heel cord may be required after the correction to complete the initial treatment. There after the foot is placed in special shoes and mother instructed on exercises.

 We have been dealing with large number of these children, educating their parents and care givers about the clubfoot that they stick through the initial treatment and subsequent follow up till mature. 

This is important so that any recurrence which is seen occasionally after a successful correction is addressed promptly. This translates to less surgery, if possible avoid surgery totally leaving a supple, scarless and beautiful foot. 

Clubfoot Plaster
Clubfoot Plaster

As the Pediatric Orthopedic service has matured at Palakkad District Cooperative Hospital, Palakkad, Kerala, India, we have now decided to allocate Monday as the special day for clubfoot children . This enables us to streamline our services and parents to learn from each other and support each other through this. 

We hope that this will help serve them better. 

All appointments can be booked via the contact page or via the CPOS clinic / hospital through phone +919840724924 or +914912520391