Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 345-349 , October 2005

The Ponseti Method for Clubfoot Correction

  • David M. Scher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to David M. Scher, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021.

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doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2005.08.009

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 345-349 , October 2005