Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1920;2:558-565.
© 1920 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
AN OPERATION FOR THE RELIEF OF CONGENITAL EQUINO-VARUS DEFORMITY
FRANK ROBERTS OBER M. D.
1. The operation lengthens the foot.
2. Any desirable amount of over correction may be obtained.
3. No important vessels and nerves are injured.
4. The removal of the contractures allows one to obtain an anatomical reposition of displaced bones.
Reference:
1. Ober. Jour. A. M. A. Aug. 14, 1915.
2. Pathology and Etiology of Congenital Club Foot, Robert M. Parker and Samuel G. Shattuck, 1884.
3. Phelps, Reprint from the New Eng. Monthly, 1891.