CLUB FOOT

WHAT IS CLUB FOOT?

• A defect that affects the infants foot.

What does it do?

• The infants foot is turned inward

WHY DOES IT DO THAT?

• The tendons are too short

HOW DOES IT GET FIXED?

• Achilles tetonomy
• Doctors use a small instrument to cut the tendon

WHICH GENDER IS MORE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED?

• Boys
• 1 in 1000 live births

WHEN IS IT DIAGNOSED

• Birth and before

VIDEO

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pIfWquXtdA