What is complex clubfoot?
A complex clubfoot is essentially any clubfoot that does not respond to proper manipulation and casting or bracing in the normal way because one or more parts of the foot are different – more complex – than in an average clubfoot. At times it has been referred to as plantaris or cavus, which refer specifically to a clubfoot that has dynamic differences in the midfoot from a normal clubfoot; however these terms were discarded in favor of the broader term atypical clubfoot. This is likely because not all of these clubfeet are plantaris-type clubfeet, and new information shows that even plantaris-type clubfoot is rooted in more than just the cavus deformity.More recently, this was changed to the more accurate complex clubfoot, which reflects the more difficult nature of these feet. Several doctors from all over the world have come together to research this condition, and they are making leaps and bounds with identification and treatment. In late 2005 they began presenting papers at sympos
