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Can surgery be done immediately to the newborn baby, as soon as the clubfoot is detected?

April 26, 2017baby clubfoot detected immediately newborn Soon surgery

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Can surgery be done immediately to the newborn baby, as soon as the clubfoot is detected?

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No, surgery is done, only when the conservative treatment fails for the child. The child should be of sufficient size so that the structures like bones, tendons, ligaments, muscles can be identified, during surgery for correction. The right age for surgery is six months of age and above.