Surgical correction of equinus deformity in cerebral palsy.
Sixty-seven children who had been operated on for equinus deformity due to spastic cerebral palsy were studied retrospectively. The recurrence rate of equinus after 51 Baker-Strayer gastrocnemius lengthenings was 29 per cent, and aftef the sliding Hoke type of tendo calcaneus lengthenings it was 9 per cent. In both groups the postoperative care was the same: no bracing, no night splints, and no stretching. The recurrence rate of equinus after tendo calcaneus lengthening is comparable with other reported series.
D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003286:Contracture / Q000601:surgery; D005531:Foot Deformities, Acquired / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery