Dehradun: The functioning of feet are as important as that of heart and lungs. The locomotion is important at every stage of life, however, it is more important in childhood. Normal walking contribute a lot for over all development of any child. 70% of the human activities in one’s life are done by two feet. The foot is the centre of body locomotion. Only when the feet are healthy then the convention current of blood flows, smoothly, so people who have strong leg will definitely have a strong heart.
Cerebral Policy (CP) in other words mean paralysis of the brain which is one of the main cause of limb deformities. CP is caused due to obstruction in breathing during or after the birth due to any reason.
India and International Book record holder Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gaurav Sanjay of Sanjay Orthopaedic, Spine and Maternity Centre, Dehradun has presented a paper, “Surgical correction of orthopaedic deformities in spastic cerebral policy” in the 42nd Orthopaedic World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This study include 177 patients in age ranging from 2 to 24 years. The CP patient present commonly with scissoring gait with deformed feet and hands. As the deformity increases so does the difficulty in walking. In certain cases child becomes bedridden.
Dr Gaurav concluded in his paper that flexible deformities can be corrected with soft tissue surgeries and rigid bony deformities can be corrected with Ilizarov external fixator. The results of surgery revealed what surgery can achieve an hour physiotherapy cannot in a year and sooner the surgery better the result.
