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Clubfoot Tenotomy Procedure illustrations.
Created for Starship Child Health Orthopaedics Team patient education, showing the procedure of the percutaneous tenotomy procedure, used to correct clubfoot deformity.
Photoshop, 2016.
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1. Application of local anaesthetic
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2. Small incision made on the back of the heel
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3. The Achilles tendon is released
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4. The leg is cast to allow the tendon to heal
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5. Once healed, dorsiflexion of the foot is achieved.