Treatment of stage II posterior tibial tendon deficiency with flexor digitorum longus tendon transfer and calcaneal osteotomy

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 445-450

  Myerson, Mark S ^a,b   Badekas, Athanasios ^a,b   Schon, Lew C ^a,b  

^a Union Memorial Hospital ^*

^b UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Osteotomy; Posterior Tibial Tendon; Tendon Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE SOCIETY HINDFOOT SCALE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FLEXOR DIGITORUM LONGUS TENDON TRANSFER; FOLLOW UP; FOOT PAIN; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL TRANSLATIONAL CALCANEAL OSTEOTOMY; MEDIAL TRANSLATIONAL OSTEOTOMY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEURITIS; ORTHOTICS; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON DEFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOE; SHORT FORM HEALTH SURGERY 36; SUBTALAR JOINT; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON LESION; TENDON TRANSPLANTATION; TENDON WEAKNESS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143143401     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070402500701     Document Type: Article

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