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Percutaneous Achilles Tendon Tenotomy vs Tendo-Achilles Lengthening (TAL) in Neglected Clubfoot Children.

NCT07561697 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2026-05-01

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Summary

Achilles tendon tenotomy is the established worldwide gold standard for correcting idiopathic clubfoot. However, in neglected cases, surgical interventions such as percutaneous Achilles tendon tenotomy (PAT) and open tendo-Achilles lengthening (TAL) are common techniques for correcting this deformity. This study aimed at determining the functional outcomes of Percutaneous Achilles Tendon Tenotomy (PAT) vs tendo-Achilles Lengthening (TAL) in the neglected clubfoot children of age 2-5 years.

Conditions

  • Clubfoot

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Tenotomy of Achilles Tendon

Patients will be started on serial casting and manipulation according to ponseti method. After successful correction of cavus, varus, and adductus, patients will be treated using the tenotomy of Achilles tendon technique.

PROCEDURE

Tendo-Achilles Lengthening

Patients will be started on serial casting and manipulation according to ponseti method. After successful correction of cavus, varus, and adductus, patients will be treated using the Tendo-Achilles Lengthening technique.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Muhammad Aamir Latif

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pervez Ali, FCPS · Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

  • Sidratul Zaitoon · Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-15
Primary Completion
2026-04-30
Completion
2026-04-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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