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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 91-B, Issue 10, 1316-1321.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B10.22796  
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Patient-reported outcome at 62 to 67 years of age in 83 patients treated for congenital clubfoot

H. Wallander, MD, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1; S. Larsson, MD, PhD, Professor2; T. Bjönness, MD, PhD, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon3; and G. Hansson, MD, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Pediatric Surgery4

1 Department of Orthopaedics Gävle County Hospital, SE 80187 Gävle, Sweden.
2 Department of Orthopaedics Uppsala University Hospital, SE 75185 Uppsala, Sweden.
3 Västragatan 40, SE-44231 Kungälv, Sweden.
4 The Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital, SE-41685 Gothenburg, Sweden.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr H. Wallander; e-mail: henrik.wallander{at}lg.se

The outcome in 83 patients with congenital clubfoot was evaluated at a mean age of 64 years using three validated questionnaires assessing both quality of life (short-form (SF)-36 and EQ-5D) and foot and ankle function (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Foot and Ankle questionnaire). In SF-36, male patients scored significantly better than male norms in seven of the eight domains, whereas female patients scored significantly worse than female norms in two of the eight. Male patients scored better than male norms in both the EQ-5D index (p = 0.027) and visual analogue scale (VAS) (p = 0.013), whereas female patients scored worse than female norms in the VAS (p < 0.001). Both male and female patients had a significantly worse outcome on the AAOS Core Scale than did norms. There was a significant correlation for both genders between the SF-36 Physical Component Summary Score and the AAOS Core Scale.

The influence on activities of daily life was limited to foot and ankle problems in all patients, and in females there was an adverse effect in physical aspects of quality of life.






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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General