What is a surgical (posterior medial) release?
With major clubfoot surgery, typically an incision is made circling 1/2 to 2/3 of the foot. Cutting and stitching is done to ligaments and tendons and sometimes pinning of the bones inside the foot. Post-surgical casts are then used from 8 weeks to 12 weeks. These types of surgeries have to be done under a general anesthesia. These are the types of surgery that are done 60-95% of the time after following a more traditional (or Non-Ponseti) method of casting.
