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Orthopedic Research Online Journal

Octopus Clubfoot Rediscovered - World’s First Exotic Case - A Neglected, Triple Axes Rotational, Grade 3 Extreme Deformity: Corrected by, Unparalleled, 4-In-1 Mega Surgical Skin Expansion from Crooked to ROZY Foot

  • Open or CloseMittal RL*

    Emeritus Professor Orthopaedics, GOMCO Patiala, India

    *Corresponding author: Mittal RL, Department of Orthopaedics, Punjab, India

Submission: August 30, 2019;Published: September 11, 2019

DOI: 10.31031/OPROJ.2019.06.000627

ISSN : 2576-8875
Volume6 Issue1

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Octopus clubfoot is the world’s first, the most spectacular severe/ rigid BIZARRE deformity with this new catchy name given by the author. This 18-year-old girl was operated by 4-in-1 unifying incision (first ever four well known plastic surgery procedures in one incision) with excellent, extremely gratifying, normal looking foot, without any arthrodesis. During The Intervening Period, Numerous, Highly Significant, Firsts Were Discovered relating to this case, having potential for changing global thinking of treating highly prevalent varied neglected deformities, prevalent globally, more in LMICs (as reported in author’s SICOT article at (Table 1) and Clubfoot Book by Taylor & Francis 2018, available, the world over, on Google search). It displayed an AWESOME SHOW IN PRINT MEDIA AND GOOGLE IN ITS FIRST DISCOVERY. It is expected that. RETRIEVAL OF THIS NATURE’S FREAK NEEDS A LOUD REAWAKENING CALL, because of potential to be a game changer in the history of Clubfoot management.

This graded unification of rotation flap, Z-plasty, VY-plasty and fillet flap, is not only a treatment of this case, but also a surgical concept. This can achieve requisite enlargement of contracted skin chamber in any Crooked Clubfoot. In other words, it may be only Rotation flap or in combination with other three as 2, 3, or 4-in-1 incision. This is reproducible too in any, severest of severe deformity, at any age from one year to late adulthood. Author has been actually doing this and documented too. Each one of the four, enlarges skin container, complementing each other for maximum enlargement of fascio-cutaneous room. However, deeper corrections are no less important, which become easier; achieving a longer, flexible and good shape foot, without arthrodesis. Therefore, OCTOPUS CLUBFOOT, incarcerated, like in a cell, in the pages of Sicot journal and Clubfoot book, need to come out into the open sky to become visible worldwide highlighting this surgical concept for clubfoot community and care givers. An ugly Crooked Foot can be converted in to a pleasing ROZY Foot. ROZY is an ACRONYM FROM Rotation, Z-plasty and vY-plasty of SKIN CHAMBER and Crooked depicts the annoying feeling of this deformity.

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