Surgery Does Not Appear to Improve Foot Function, Quality of Life in Kids with CMT, Small Study Suggests

Despite improving certain physical features, orthopedic foot surgery did not seem to improve strength, foot function, or overall quality of life in children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), a small study suggests. However, the authors note, more study is needed in larger trials to fully determine the impact of…

Few Surgeons Use the Same Steps to Correct a Foot Deformity in a CMT Patient, Study Indicates

A lot of people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease have surgery to correct foot deformities, a British study reports. Another important finding was that an operation requires a number of individual surgical procedures but few surgeons use the same pattern of procedures for the same type of operation. The study,  “…