title: Use of the semitendinosus tendon for foot and ankle tendon reconstructions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To demonstrate the results obtained from foot and ankle tendon reconstructions using the tendon of the semitendinosus muscle. The clinical results, the patient's degree of satisfaction and complications in the graft donor and recipient areas were evaluated.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a retrospective study in which the medical files of 38 patients who underwent this surgical procedure between 2006 and 2010 were surveyed. The functional results from this technique, the complications in the donor and recipient areas and the patients' degree of satisfaction were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three patients presented complications in the recipient area (skin necrosis); one patient showed complications in the donor area (pain and insensitivity); and all patients had satisfactory functional results, with complete range of motion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The semitendinosus muscle is a good option for treatments for foot and ankle tendon injuries.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Frederico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lutti Guerra de Aguiar Zink
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Glória Mendonça
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cintia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kelly Bittar
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luís Amim Zabeu
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Osny
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Salomão
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Egydio de Carvalho Junior
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital de Base de Bauru, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tarso Torquato
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Marília (FAMEMA), Marília, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Décio
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cerqueira de Moraes Filho
keywords: Achilles tendon/injuries; Achilles tendon/surgery; Ankle; Foot; Reconstruction; Tendons