PES PLANUS IN CHILDHOOD DUE TO TIBIALIS POSTERIOR TENDON INJURIES - TREATMENT BY FLEXOR HALLUCIS LONGUS TENDON TRANSFER

Authors
MASTERSON E JAGANNATHAN S BORTON D STEPHENS MM
Citation
E. Masterson et al., PES PLANUS IN CHILDHOOD DUE TO TIBIALIS POSTERIOR TENDON INJURIES - TREATMENT BY FLEXOR HALLUCIS LONGUS TENDON TRANSFER, Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume, 76B(3), 1994, pp. 444-446
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Orthopedics
Journal title
Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume → ACNP
ISSN journal
0301620X
Volume
76B
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
444 - 446
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-620X(1994)76B:3<444:PPICDT>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Flat foot due to rupture of the tibialis posterior tendon has not prev iously been described in children. We present three young patients who developed unilateral pes planus after old undiagnosed lacerations of the tendon. Transfer of the flexor hallucis longus to the distal stump of the tibialis posterior tendon achieved good results in all three c ases.