Transfer of half the calcaneal tendon to the dorsum of the foot for paralytic equinus deformity.
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).
Fernández-Palazzi
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Service C Orthopaedics and Physical Medicine, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Caracas, Venezuela.
Medina
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Marcano
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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*