Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 426-431 , September 2010

Treatment of Clubfoot with the Ponseti Method: Should We Begin Casting in the Newborn Period or Later?

  • Serkan İltar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Department of Second Orthopaedics, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Mehmet Uysal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Boğazlıyan Government Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Kadir Bahadır Alemdaroğlu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Department of Second Orthopaedics, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Kadir Bahadır Alemdaroğlu, MD, S.B. Ankara Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniği, Ulucanlar, Ankara, Turkey.
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  • Nevres Hürriyet Aydoğan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Department of Second Orthopaedics, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Talip Kara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Department of Second Orthopaedics, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Doğan Atlıhan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Derince Training and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, Ankara, Turkey

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PII: S1067-2516(10)00265-6

doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.06.010

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 426-431 , September 2010

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