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Clubfoot repair - Risks

Alternative Names

Repair of clubfoot; Posteromedial release; Achilles tendon release; Clubfoot release; Talipes equinovarus - repair; Tibialis anterior tendon transfer

Risks:

Risks from any anesthesia are:

Breathing problems
Reactions to medicines

Risks from any surgery are:

Bleeding
Infection

Possible problems from clubfoot surgery are:

Damage to nerves in the foot
Foot swelling
Problems with blood flow to the foot
Wound healing problems

Club foot repair - series

Reviewed last on: 2/21/2011
Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine; David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by BEnjamin D. Roye, MD-MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Children's Hospital of NY, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Canale ST, Beatty JH, eds. Congenital clubfoot (talipes equinovarus) In: Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 26.

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