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Childhood Meningococcemia Infection

 

Images show case of severe clubfoot-like deformity that resulted from childhood meningococcemia infection.

Ilizarov device designed to mimic and then correct the deformity.

Final view after correction, with the patient able to walk flat on the foot.
Preoperative views show the patient walking on the side of the foot because it is so severely turned. After removal of the Ilizarov frame.