Research Award Details

2002 - St. Giles Young Investigator Award

Clubfoot Treatment


Grant Recipient: Norman Y Otsuka, MD

Presentations & Publications:
Presentations: 1. Freedman, J., Watts, H.G. and Otsuka, N.Y.: The Ilizarov Method for the Treatment of Resistant Clubfoot: Is It an Effective Solution? American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Washington, DC, 2005. 2. Hsu, W.K., Bhatia, N.N., Raskin, A., and Otsuka, N.Y.: Wound Complications from Clubfoot Surgery: A Comparison of Two Different Protocols. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006. Publications: 1. Chotigavanichaya, C., Scaduto, A.A., Snelson, D. and Otsuka, N.Y.: A Novel Orthosis for the Treatment of Clubfoot. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Part B 12(4): 272-276; 2003. 2. Kuhns, C.A., Zeegen, E.N., Kono, M. Green, T., Moseley, C.F. and Otsuka, N.Y.: Growth Rates in Skeletally Immature Feet After Triple Arthrodesis. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 23(4): 488-492; 2003. 3. Pirpiris, M., Ching, D.E., Kuhns, C.A. and Otsuka, N.Y.: Calcaneocuboid Fusion in Children Undergoing Talectomy. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 25(6): 777-780; 2005. 4. Freedman, J.A., Watts, H., and Otsuka, N.Y.: The Ilizarov Method for the Treatment of Clubfoot: Is It an Effective Solution? Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 26(4): 432-437; 2006. 5. Hsu, W.K., Bhatia, N.N., Raskin, A., and Otsuka, N.Y.: Wound Complications from Idiopathic Clubfoot Surgery: A Comparison of the Modified Turco and Cincinnati Treatment Methods. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 27(3): 329-332; 2007.