Katz K, David R, Soudry M
Department of Orthopedics, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva.
J Pediatr Orthop. 1999 Jan-Feb;19(1):49-50.
Sixty-five infants with moderate (37 feet) or severe (48 feet) inflexible metatarsus adductus were treated with a below-knee plaster cast. The deformity was corrected in 6-8 weeks in all cases. At the 2- to 6-year follow-up (mean, 4 years), the correction was maintained in all children who had had a moderate deformity; of the 44 feet with severe deformity that were available for examination, six now had a moderate deformity, and one a severe deformity. All forefeet were flexible, and further treatment was unnecessary. Our results are similar to those for above-knee plaster casts. We conclude that a below-knee plaster cast is effective in the treatment of metatarsus adductus.
65例患有中度（37足）或重度（48足）僵硬型内收足的婴儿接受了膝下石膏固定治疗。所有病例的畸形均在6 - 8周内得到矫正。在2至6年的随访（平均4年）中，所有患有中度畸形的儿童其矫正效果得以维持；在可供检查的44例重度畸形足中，6例现为中度畸形，1例仍为重度畸形。所有前足均为柔软性，无需进一步治疗。我们的结果与膝上石膏固定的结果相似。我们得出结论，膝下石膏固定在治疗内收足方面是有效的。
