In our institution, the Ponseti method of cast treatment of idiopathic clubfeet was as effective when it was directed by a physiotherapist as it was when it was directed by a surgeon, with fewer recurrences and a less frequent need for additional procedures in the physiotherapist-directed group. The introduction of the physiotherapist-supervised clubfoot clinic at our institution has been effective without compromising the quality of care of children with clubfoot deformity.
An Indian ring-neck parakeet (Psittacula krameri manillensis) of 1.5 years age was presented with a complaint of accidental engulfing of a rubber tube, being used for feeding by owner. Patient revealed no symptoms of choke, but radiograph showed right lateral displacement of trachea due to presence of foreign body in mid-oesophagus. This article represents the successful surgical removal of foreign body via oesophagotomy in Indian ring-neck parakeet.
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