(n.) A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.
Example Sentences:
(1) A report is given on a small-for-date male infant showing the following symptoms: bilateral aplasia of humerus, radius, and ulna, shortened femora, bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate, stigmata of dysmorphism, and notably; simple helix formation of the ear, simian crease, clinodactylia, bilateral clubfoot deformity, hypospadia, thrombocytopenia, micrognathia, and contractures in the knee joints.
(2) The number of children, born alive with clubfoot, and detailed census data for the period were available.
(3) Malformations included constriction bands, clubfoot, intrauterine amputation, syndactyly, and acrosyndactyly (fenestrated syndactyly).
(4) The incidence of congenital clubfoot, neurological disorders excluded, was studied over a period of 45 years (1946-1990).
(5) In operative clubfoot therapy, early operation plays an important role.
(6) The hormonal effects of an etomidate infusion were assessed postoperatively in children undergoing hypospadias or clubfoot repair.
(7) Foot-progression angle was determined using the Shutrack carbon paper system for 52 feet treated by clubfoot release without wide subtalar release and 43 age-matched controls.
(8) We also found talonecrosis after surgical correction of clubfoot, after Sudeck's disease (Sudeck-Leriche syndrome, Sudeck's atrophy or dystrophy), suppurative arthritis of the ankle joint, subtalar luxation and haematogenic osteomyelitis.
(9) External rotation osteotomy to correct internal tibial torsion seems contraindicated in the presence of clubfoot.
(10) The authors have made an attempt to present guidelines for our approach to foot problems other than clubfoot in these age groups and have rendered our recommendations for treatment.
(11) Ankle mortise reconstitution and clubfoot correction by surgery have been the basis of treatment.
(12) She had surgical treatment of clubfoot under halothane anesthesia in other hospital.
(13) Skin problems are the cause of a high incidence of recurrent clubfoot problems.
(14) The histochemical composition of the triceps surae muscle was investigated in 13 previously unoperated children (age 9-24 months) with unilateral idiopathic clubfoot.
(15) No spinal deformities are present and only the proband has clubfoot deformities.
(16) One hundred twenty-four patients (174 feet) were treated for clubfoot deformity, with an average follow-up of 7 years.
(17) The histochemical composition of the abductor hallucis (AH) muscle was investigated in 39 children with idiopathic clubfoot (CF), aged 0-11 years, and in 42 controls.
(18) Clinical symptoms were: low birth weight, growth retardation, dolichocephalus, microgenia, antimongoloid slant of the eyes, edema on hands and feet, strabismus convergens, clubfoot (left), slight decrease in IgA and IgM.
(19) Clubfoot, a relatively frequent congenital malformation, may be associated with several genetic syndromes or other malformations, or may appear as an isolated idiopathic anomaly.
(20) A number of seemingly unrelated congenital deformities of the lower limb have been presented which include clubfoot, fibular deficiency, tibial aplasia, and diplopodia.
Congenital
Definition:
(a.) Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutional; natural; as, a congenital deformity. See Connate.
Example Sentences:
(1) The origin of the aorta and pulmonary artery from the right ventricle is a complicated and little studied congenital cardiac malformation.
(2) Cor triatriatum (CT) is a rare congenital defect, surgically correctable, and sometimes difficult to diagnose by cardiac catheterization.
(3) The position of the cyst supports the theory that branchial cysts are congenital in origin.
(4) In addition, congenital anemias such as sickle cell disease can impact on the health of the mother and fetus.
(5) A case of congenital subglottic fibroma is presented.
(6) Congenitally deficient plasmas were used as the substrate for the measurement of procoagulant activities in a one-stage clotting assay.
(7) Attempts to eliminate congenital dislocation of the hip by detecting it early have not been completely successful.
(8) Instead of later renal failure and, of course, mental retardation, it was the histological features of the fetus eyes which permit to diagnose and exhibit both congenital cataract and irido-corneal angle dysgenesis.
(9) In the interim, sonographic studies during pregnancy in women at risk for AIDS may be helpful in identifying fetal intrauterine growth retardation and may help raise our level of suspicion for congenital AIDS.
(10) After early repair of congenital cardiovascular defects, such as coarctation of the aorta, late stenosis may become a problem.
(11) This study examines the morphology of sporadic congenital microphthalmia in 1-day-old chicks, with particular emphasis on the neural retina.
(12) It is usually associated with a left superior caval vein draining into the coronary sinus and is frequently part of a complex congenital malformation of the heart.
(13) Aplasia of the trachea associated with multiple congenital anomalies is described in a stillborn male foetus with single umbilical artery.
(14) Neuromuscular disorders in small animals include a diverse group of congenital and acquired diseases.
(15) Urologic evaluation of all patients with congenital scoliosis is recommended; however, diagnostic ultrasonographic evaluations of the urinary tract have proven to be an acceptable alternative as an initial screening modality.
(16) These examinations are used in the evaluation of congenital heart disease for preoperative planning and postoperative evaluation.
(17) Further management of the congenital cases was based on the experience that children outgrow this disorder; periodic dilatation may augment the natural process.
(18) Congenital defect of a cervical pedicle produces a rare clinical syndrome with a characteristic X-ray picture associated with vague clinical signs often accentuated after trauma.
(19) We document four patients, including two sibs, with asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy and mild congenital hydrocephalus.
(20) A case of mixed congenital abnormalities in a fetus demonstrated ultrasonographically during the second trimester of pregnancy in an uncontrolled insulin-dependent diabetic mother is presented.