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BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical value of using the lateral tibiocalcaneal (LTiC) angle, measured on a lateral radiograph made with the foot and ankle in maximal dorsiflexion, instead of the ankle dorsiflexion (ADF) angle, measured on physical examination, as a determining indicator of the need for percutaneous Achilles tenotomy after Ponseti serial cast treatment of idiopathic clubfoot.
METHODS: We identified patients with idiopathic clubfoot who had been treated at our institution between March 2006 and June 2012. After exclusion of patients with Diméglio grade-I clubfoot and those followed for less than two years, 125 idiopathic clubfeet were evaluated.
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