Tendon transfers for the balancing of hind and mid-foot deformities in adults and children

Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 178-189

  Dreher, Thomas ^a   Wenz, Wolfram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior tibial tendon transfer; Foot deformities; Posterior tibial tendon transfer; SPLATT; SPOTT; T SPOTT; Tendon transfers; Toe flexors transfer

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FOOT MALFORMATION; GAIT; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; PLANNING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON SURGERY; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 76049113570     PISSN: 15360644     EISSN: 15381943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTF.0b013e3181c264d5     Document Type: Review

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