[Neglected idiopathic congenital clubfoot : surgical treatment before 20 years old. Retrospective study of 40 feet].

From January 2000 to december 2006, 40 club foot have been collected to the service of the frequency of the inveterate equin varus club foot is 0.3%. The average age is 12.13 years with extremes of 3 years to 20 years. The masculine sex is predominate with sex ratio of 1.08. Most patients come from the farming zones either 86.2% of the sample with parents to 93.1% without level of instruction. The bilateral attack predominates in 55% of the cases. On the therapeutic plan, ours patients benefited from the surgical technique of postero medical soft tissue release and lateral ostestomy in one time. A case of skin necrosis has been noted in our set. The middle receding is of 49 months with extremes of 14 months to 84 months. Our results were satisfactory in 95% of the cases.