Safety and efficacy of Achilles tenotomy under local anaesthesia: as part of the Ponseti clubfoot management -experience at the Sudan clubfoot clinic

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Ponseti method of treatment of clubfoot is a gold standard method. It includes serial casting to be followed by percutaneous tenotomy of the Achilles tendon under local anaesthesia. In the current study the safety and efficacy of tenotomy under local anaesthesia following serial casting will be studied