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Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Sugery
Expertise: pediatric orthopaedics, clubfoot, trauma, scoliosis, leg length disorders, congenital and developmental foot anomalies, congenital pelvic and hip disorders, Perthes disease
Bio: Dobbs has expertise in surgery and care for all pediatric orthopaedic conditions, but his primary interests involve the treatment of clubfoot and other foot deformities, as well as pelvic reconstructive surgery, pediatric spinal surgery and treatment of pediatric trauma.
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M.D. at University of Iowa
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Less restrictive brace
New dynamic brace developed to advance clubfoot treatment
June 26,
2007 -- A new brace that maintains correction for clubfoot, a birth defect in which the foot is turned in toward the body, has shown better compliance and fewer complications than the traditional brace used to treat the condition. Matthew B. Dobbs, M.D., associate professor of orthopedic surgery at the School of Medicine, designed the new dynamic brace, called the Dobbs brace, to allow active movement, preserve muscle strength in the foot and ankle and be less restrictive to the child than the traditional brace.
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Correct footing
Washington University surgeon develops treatment for foot deformity
April 4,
2007 -- Children born with a foot deformity that causes them to have a rigid flatfoot once faced extensive surgery to fully correct the problem. A treatment developed by a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at the School of Medicine has shown early success in correcting congenital vertical talus with minimal surgery in most cases.
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Lighten the load
Overloaded backpacks can cause neck, back pain for children
Aug. 18,
2005 --
About one in six school children will miss class time this year due to backpack-related injury, and nearly half of all adolescents complain of pain caused by their backpack. There are ways to avoid these injuries, says Matthew Dobbs, assistant professor and orthopaedic surgeon at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
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Additional Background: Matthew B. Dobbs, M.D., is an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery who works primarily with pediatric patients. Currently, he is investigating the genetic aspects of orthopaedic conditions, including clubfoot, idiopathic scoliosis and a condition known as triphalangeal thumb, a disorder that usually is inherited, in which the thumb is abnormally long and bends more like a finger — in three places instead of two. His work has led to the identification of a site on chromosome 7 linked to triphalangeal thumb. He is conducting similar searches for regions of DNA that might be involved in clubfoot, scoliosis and other orthopaedic disorders.
He completed his medical school education at the University of Iowa in 1991 and his orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 1995. Dobbs then completed a one-year Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery fellowship with additional training in pediatric spinal deformity in 2001 at Shriners Hospital for Children in St. Louis.
He is the recipient of the 2002 Hunterian Society Gold Medal Award for his research entitled, "Localization of Dominantly Inherited Isolated Triphalangeal Thumb to Chromosomal Region 7q36."
Affiliated with Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital, members of BJC HealthCare.
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