What is the Ponset method?
The Ponseti method is a form of treatment of infants born with Clubfoot. Traditional treatment of deformity includes surgery to move bones, tendons and ties in the leg to straighten. Method of treatment of Ponseti does not require surgery and can successfully straighten the legs of most infants in the process of casting and maintenance intended for handling and stretching joints and legs in the legs.
Ignacio Ponseti developed a method of manipulation for infants with club infants at the University of Iowa in the 40th century, although only in the age of 90, this procedure began to become other parts of the United States and worldwide, including the third world countries. The first part of the procedure includes a series of cast applied to the baby's feet. The doctor gently stretches the leg and the ankle and applied the cast to hold the leg in the desired position. The new cast is used about once a week for the first few months to stretch the leg each time.
After the casting process is completedHe wears a child tailored to a metal bar between them for another six months. This device prevents the baby's feet from turning in and helps to stretch and manipulate tendons, bones and soft tissues in the legs further. Around the child's first birthday, parents can start to wear normal shoes during the day, but the metal rod must still be worn at night until the child is three or four years old to complete the process of manipulation.
Ponseti treatment is often desirable than traditional surgery due to several factors. Surgery to repair the deformities of club foot can be very expensive and in some countries it is difficult to find qualified and trained surgeons. Infants undergoing surgical risk infection, reactions of anesthesia, D problems with wound healing they do not occur when treated by the Ponseti method. One of the most convincing reasons why doctors and parents choose the techniques of handling compared to surgical procedure is that children treated with this method are usually flexibiLighter and more functional than children who undergo surgical treatment, which can lead to stiffness.
In most cases, children who undergo the Clubfoot treatment method, no other problems or disability in their lives. Strict compliance with the program, especially the maintenance period, is essential to ensure that the child's legs are reasonably stretched. Many children treated by the Ponseti method require surgery to help stretch or move the Achilles tendon, but these operations are much smaller than the traditional operations of club foot.