Initial experiences with a new prenatal sonographic scoring system show improved prenatal detection of a true clubfoot and a decrease in the false positive rate, according to a recently presented ...

On a sweltering summer day in July, my husband and I packed our three kids into the car to go to our first ultrasound appointment for baby No. four. With camp out, and no friends around, the children ...

While clubfoot can affect both feet, it is more common on one side of the body. (Dreamstime/TNS) DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 24 weeks pregnant and underwent an ultrasound that discovered that my child has ...

Club foot is diagnosed at birth by physical examination and can also be diagnosed earlier, during pregnancy through ultrasonogarphy. Before the child is born, clubfoot can be detected through an ...

A pregnancy ultrasound is a test that uses high-frequency sound waves to image the developing baby as well as the mother’s reproductive organs. The average number of ultrasounds varies with each ...

BACKGROUND: According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, clubfoot is one of the most common birth defects, affecting about one in every 1,000 babies. Boys are slightly more affected by ...