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Algorithm for Neglected Clubfoot

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Clubfoot becomes more difficult to treat in patients beyond walking age, and an algorithmic approach is suggested.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of British Columbia, CBM International, Vancouver, Canada

    J. Norgrove Penny CM, MD, FRCS(C)

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Correspondence to J. Norgrove Penny CM, MD, FRCS(C) .

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Penny, J.N. (2014). Algorithm for Neglected Clubfoot. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_35

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