PMID- 36321048
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20221104
IS  - 2168-8184 (Print)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Electronic)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 9
DP  - 2022 Sep
TI  - Pre-prosthetic Physiotherapy Rehabilitation in Post-operative Transtibial 
      Amputation in a Patient With Congenital Talipes Equinovarus.
PG  - e29724
LID - 10.7759/cureus.29724 [doi]
LID - e29724
AB  - Amputation is more common in men than women, a lot of studies suggest this. It is 
      the complete or partial removal of an extremity through a surgical process and is 
      said to be a life-saving procedure performed in various critical conditions. The 
      main objective of amputating a limb or any part at a level is that it should be 
      carried out in a way that will give a stump of optimum length to facilitate the 
      prosthetic fitting at later stages. After amputation, the patients are usually 
      trained with prostheses so that they can carry on with functional activities 
      without any restrictions. One of the disorders seen in infants and children 
      is congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV). It is characterized by plantarflexion 
      at the ankle joint, inversion at the subtalar joint, and adduction at the 
      forefoot. There are various factors and causes associated with CTEV. The 
      treatment should be done as early as possible, if delayed, it can lead to 
      deformities in the joint. Here is a case of a 12-year-old male, who, a neglected 
      case of bilateral clubfoot, now underwent wedge tarsectomy surgery for the left 
      foot and below knee amputation of the right leg due to the formation of 
      infectious gangrene. Post-surgery, the patient was referred to the physiotherapy 
      department for further treatment and rehabilitation.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022, Joshi et al.
FAU - Joshi, Aditi
AU  - Joshi A
AD  - Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical 
      Sciences (DU), Wardha, IND.
FAU - Thorat, Rupali
AU  - Thorat R
AD  - Community Health, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of 
      Medical Sciences (DU), Wardha, IND.
FAU - Telang, Priyanka A
AU  - Telang PA
AD  - Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical 
      Sciences (DU), Wardha, IND.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
DEP - 20220929
PL  - United States
TA  - Cureus
JT  - Cureus
JID - 101596737
PMC - PMC9617142
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - amputation
OT  - congenital talipes equinovarus
OT  - gait training
OT  - gangrene
OT  - physiotherapy rehabilitation
OT  - wedge tarsectomy
COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2022/11/03 06:00
MHDA- 2022/11/03 06:01
PMCR- 2022/09/29
CRDT- 2022/11/02 02:22
PHST- 2022/08/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/09/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/11/02 02:22 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/11/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/11/03 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/09/29 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.7759/cureus.29724 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Cureus. 2022 Sep 29;14(9):e29724. doi: 10.7759/cureus.29724. eCollection 2022 
      Sep.