[Long term results of the treatment of clubfoot with postero-medial fibular graft].

The authors present long term results of treatment of congenital clubfoot by postero-medial release. Our material consisted of 82 patients, with 103 clubfeet, 5 months to 9 years old (mean age 22 months) at the time of surgery. The age at the time of the final follow-up ranged from 6.3 to 27 years. Final results were evaluated according to the Magone classification. Basing on this classification we achieved very good results in 9 feet, good results in 20, sufficient results in 28 and poor results in 46 feet. In the analyzed group most of the results were either sufficient or poor--71.84% of the cases. These feet required further surgical procedures. The authors stress that incorrect classification for this type of surgery and inadequate surgical technique caused a high percentage of poor and sufficient results.