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Surgeon revives successful clubfoot treatment

Almost 60 years after it was conceived, Washington University orthopaedic surgeon Matthew B. Dobbs, MD, has revived a nonsurgical technique to correct talipes equinovarus, or clubfoot, a congenital foot deformity. By combining the venerable procedure with the latest genetic science and translational research, Dobbs aims to drastically improve treatment and perhaps eventually reduce the incidence of the malady.



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