Clinical and radiographic evaluation of the Codivilla method of surgical correction of congenital club foot. Medium-term follow-up of 235 cases.

The authors review 30 patients with congenital club foot (CCF) who were treated surgically by a slightly modified Codivilla technique. Clinical morphologic, and functional follow-up was performed an average of 10 years later, and the findings were compared to the radiographic features. The final outcome was rated good in 41% of the cases, fair in 29%, and unsatisfactory in 30%. The authors found a close correlation between the grade of the initial deformity and the final outcome. Some sign of the deformity always remained, even when the functional outcome was excellent.