Preparing the Findings of the First International Congress on Clubfeet for Computer-Assisted Decision-Making

The First International Congress on Clubfeet has provided a forum to update facts derived from the abstracts of this congress.* The following general trends were deduced: Growing interest in the clinical implication of the vascular and neurogenic theories of etiology Age, stiffness, location of the deformity, and socioeconomic environment as determining factors in almost all treatment methods Awareness of the need to develop quantitative evaluation systems Increasing interest in forefoot and midfoot deformities and in lateral column procedures Sporadic attempts to improve the cosmetic appearance of thin calf in clubfoot patients Occasional reliance on documented algorithms, but rare use of the computer as a tool for clinical analysis.