nicholas' clubfoot

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Hi Everyone,

It's been a while since I have posted, my son was born with

unilateral clubfoot. Our doctor at Cedar Sinai in Los Angeles

indicated that he would need club foot release surgery, AKA tendon

transfer. I contacted Dr. Ponseti and sent him X-rays as well as

pictures. He called me back and advised me that there was a

possibility that his foot would respond to additional casting. He

also indicated that there was a 50% chance that he would need

surgery. He referred us to Dr. King in Tarzana California, where we

took for a second opinion. Dr. King indicated that the

tight tendon in his arch was causing the cavus deformity, and he

agreed that surgery would be necessary to correct this type of

clubfoot. had surgery on June 10, 2004 at Cedar Sinai

hospital. The doctor had to also release the joints, as there was

alot of fibroid tissue intermingled in the joints, that made the

foot resistent even after the tendons were clipped. The doctor

indicated that the surgery was very successful and that

won't walk on the outside of his foot anymore, and that the cavus

deformity should be corrected, we won't know how much until he is

walking on his foot. He is recovering nicely, and will be in a long

leg cast for six weeks, at which time they will remove the pin that

is in his foot, followed by six weeks of a walking cast. It has been

a week and already he has destroyed his cast from crawling around.

He is doing very well, I myself would be laid up for a couple of

weeks.