TIBIALIS POSTERIOR TRANSFER FOR THE CORRECTION OF FOOT DROP IN LEPROSY

A comparison was made of the results produced by the circumtibial and interosseous routes of transfer of tibialis posterior for the correcti on of foot drop due to leprosy neuritis, The findings in 69 feet, of w hich 63 also had elongation of tendo Achillis, showed that the interos seous route gave a much lower incidence of recurrent inversion deformi ty of the foot, The results, in terms of improvement in gait and preve ntion of trophic changes, were satisfactory.