title: Transfer of half the calcaneal tendon to the dorsum of the foot for paralytic equinus deformity.
abstract: Transfer of half of the calcaneal tendon to the dorsum of the foot will maintain correction of a paralytic equinus deformity. We have used this procedure on 97 feet since 1967. Seventy-six were reviewed and the overall results were excellent or good in 69%. The outcome was better in children with cerebral palsy (85% excellent or good) than in those with poliomyelitis (only 13% excellent or good).
authors: Service C Orthopaedics and Physical Medicine, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Caracas, Venezuela.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Fernández-Palazzi
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: Medina
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Marcano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002111:Calcaneus; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004863:Equinus Deformity / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010243:Paralysis / Q000601:surgery*; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000150:complications; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods*