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Tendon Transfers



- Discussion:
    - tendon transfers are never indicated in the initial treatment of club foot, but they may
            be of benefit in special circumstances;
    - even though the major deformities have been corrected satisfactorily, flexible fore part
            of the foot may tend to supinate during the swing phase of gait;
    - lateral half of tendon of anterior tibial muscle can be transferred to second or third cuneiform;



Split posterior tibial tendon transfer for spastic equinovarus foot deformity.

The cincinnati incision for the split posterior tibial tendon transfer: a technical note.




Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.