Retrospective cohort of 230 patients (319 clubfeet) comparing Ponseti casting at 5-day vs. 7-day intervals to determine whether accelerating the protocol compromises correction success or increases relapse rates.
When treating clubfoot with the Ponseti method, you can safely cast every 5 days to complete correction in roughly 2.5 weeks without sacrificing efficacy — but counsel families hard on brace compliance, since noncompliance is 8.5 times more predictive of relapse than anything else in this study.
Retrospective cohort of 230 patients (319 clubfeet) comparing Ponseti casting at 5-day vs. 7-day intervals to determine whether accelerating the protocol compromises correction success or increases relapse rates.
When treating clubfoot with the Ponseti method, you can safely cast every 5 days to complete correction in roughly 2.5 weeks without sacrificing efficacy — but counsel families hard on brace compliance, since noncompliance is 8.5 times more predictive of relapse than anything else in this study.