Clubfoot: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

congenital talipes equinovarus, CTEV, rockerbottom foot, rockerbottom deformity, foot deformity, clubfeet, clubfoot surgery

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Minoo Patel, MBBS, MD, MS, FRACS, Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Consulting Adult/Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Monash Medical Center, Melbourne, Australia
Minoo Patel, MBBS, MD, MS, FRACS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, AO Foundation, Australian Association of Surgeons, Australian Medical Association, Australian Orthopaedic Association, Orthopaedic Research Society, Orthopaedics Overseas, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
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Coauthor(s)

John Herzenberg, MD, FRCSC, Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland Medical School, Codirector of International Center for Limb Lengthening, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
John Herzenberg, MD, FRCSC is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
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Medical Editor

John S Early, MD, Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Orthopedics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
John S Early, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Orthopaedic Trauma Association, and Texas Medical Association
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Managing Editor

Shepard R Hurwitz, MD, Director of Clinical Services, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine; Director, Division of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Virginia Health System
Shepard R Hurwitz, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Association, American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, and Orthopaedic Trauma Association
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Dinesh Patel, MD, FACS, Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Chief of Arthroscopic Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dinesh Patel, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, American College of International Physicians, and American College of Surgeons
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Chief Editor

Jason H Calhoun, MD, FAAOS, Chairman, J Vernon Luck Distinguished Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Missouri
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