METATARSUS ADDUCTOVARUS

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Abstract
It has become apparent to many orthopedic surgeons that the occurrence of the congenital deformity of the foot characterized primarily by adduction of the fore part of the foot, without the equinus and the varus deformities of clubfoot, has been increasing. Only one authoritative American article has appeared on the subject,1and that in 1933 when the deformity was still uncommon. Kite2has called the deformity "one third of a clubfoot" and has collected an imposing series of over 300 cases. When published, his work will furnish a valuable study of the causation. The entity has long been recognized in Germany; it became prevalent in that country thirty to forty years ago, just as it has in North America recently. More than twenty articles on this subject have been written in the German language. Kauffmann3has supplied an excellent and comprehensive summary with a complete bibliography. Because

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