title: [Percutaneous method for achilles tendon lengthening in treatment of spastic equinus deformity with progressive muscular dystrophy].
abstract: Surgical technique of percutaneous lengthening of Achilles tendon has been presented. Thirty-seven feet in 26 children have been operated on. There was no intraoperative inadvertent tenotomy or excessive lengthening, no complications occurred in the postoperative course. An average follow-up was of 18 months. The procedure resulted in 7 degrees of dorsal flexion on an average. The authors recommend this method in the treatment of the spastic pes equinus.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Ortopedii Kliniki Chirurgii Dzieciecej Polsko-Amerykańskiego Instytutu Pediatrii Collegium Medicum UJ w Krakowie.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lejman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sułko
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004863:Equinus Deformity / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009128:Muscle Spasticity; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000150:complications