Orthopedic Surgeon Who Developed Clubfoot Treatment Dead at 95

Ignacio Ponseti, MD, a former orthopedic surgeon at the University of Iowa who developed a nonsurgical means of treating clubfoot in babies, has died at age 95, according to an obituary in the Iowa City Press-Citizen.

Advertisement

The Ponseti Method stretches the ligaments and molds the foot into shape using manual manipulations, casts and braces.

Read the Iowa City Press-Citizen‘s obituary of Dr. Ignacio Ponseti.

 

Advertisement

Next Up in Uncategorized

Advertisement

Comments are closed.