Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2017

Profile of Paediatric Patients With Clubfoot Attending Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Study

Dr. Kanhaiya Lal Gupta, Dr Ankur Priyadarshi

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 Background: Congenital Clubfoot (CC) is one of the most frequent orthopedic lesions in patients younger than 10–15 years.  Club–foot is one of the most prevalent congenital anomalies of the lower extremities. Objectives: study was conducted to know the clinical and epidemiological profile of children with club feet attending a tertiary care centre. Materials and Methods: A descriptive study was conducted in a Tertiary care hospital in Eastern Bihar Sample size was 70 and children with clubfoot were study subjects. Using pre tested semi structured questionnaire, required information was collected. Results: During this study period, we could examine 70 children. Of them, 30% were female and 70%were male. Majority of the children (85%) were under age of 1 year with 40% under 1 month. Right side were little higher in number than left side clubfeet. Only 8.5% of the cases had a positive family history. Conclusion: Some more studies to find out epidemiological determinants of clubfoot should be conducted as there is some association found between sociodemographic factors and clubfoot.

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Dr. Kanhaiya Lal Gupta, Dr Ankur Priyadarshi, Profile of Paediatric Patients With Clubfoot Attending Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Study, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾6 | June‾2017

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