PERONEUS LONGUS TENDON SLING IN REVISION SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL VERTICAL TALUS - A NEW SURGICAL TECHNIQUE

When faced with revision surgery for recurrent congenital vertical tal us deformity, the tibialis anterior tendon may be deficient or absent as a result of the initial procedure. This tendon cannot then be used as a dynamic sling to dorsiflex the talar neck. We present two cases i n which the peroneus longus tendon was transferred dorsally into the t alar neck as an alternative to an absent tibialis anterior tendon. Exc ellent corrections were achieved and maintained. The use of this tendo n has not been described previously in surgery for this condition.