Imaging the plantaris tendon with ultrasound.
A quick, non-invasive method of imaging plantaris using real-time ultrasound is described. Preoperative scanning of patients who may require the use of plantaris as a tendon graft will identify those with congenital absence of plantaris and so avoid an unnecessary surgical exploration.
Mackay
I R
IR
Department of Plastic Surgery, Dundee Royal Infirmary.
McCulloch
A S
AS
D005528:Foot; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D013710:Tendons / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000637:transplantation; D014463:Ultrasonography