The study was to evaluate surgical prosedures in treatment of congenital clubfeet in children younger than 24 months by decancelation of the cuboid. The results showed that, there were 127 patients (180 feet), Bilateral involvement was found in 51 patients (40.2 percent), only the left foot affected in 22 patients (17.3 percent) and only the right in 54 patients (42.5 percent). According to the classification of Dimeglio Grade II was seen in 56 (31.1 percent), grade III in 95 (52.8 percent), and grade IV in 29 (16.1 percent). Postoperatively, we attained excellent result in 50.6 percent, good result in 42.2 percent, fair result in 6.1 percent and poor result in 1.1 percent. Residual adduction of forefoot in frontal plane was seen in 10.6 percent feet. In conclusion, generally speaking, the procedure of selective soft tissue release combined with cuboid decancelation showed an outstanding result with good to excellent result of 92.8 percent. Surgical procedure is simple, safe, and applicable for all patients with clubfeet's deformyties.
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