The treatment of intoed gait in spina bifida patients by lateral transfer of the medial hamstrings.
The operation of lateral transfer of the medial hamstring muscles is described. Its applicating in the management of intoed gait in spina bifida is discussed, and the results of eight such operations, performed on four children, are recorded. The operation was effective in correcting the intoed gait in all; however, there was no activity in the transferred muscles in one child.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000601:surgery*; D013709:Tendon Transfer; D014034:Toes