In the correction of footdrop due to leprosy neuritis the tibialis posterior muscle is re-routed and used to provide dorsiflexion of the foot. This study of tibialis posterior transfer was carried out to compare the results of the circumtibial and interosseous routes. There is no significant difference in the range of motion between either route through the range of the interosseous route is more functional (better dorsiflexion). The interosseous route is preferable as this results in a significantly lower incidence of recurrent inversion deformity of the foot at long-term follow-up when compared with the circumtibial route.
BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7500819?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1995 Sep DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.19950026 IS - 3 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -In the correction of footdrop due to leprosy neuritis the tibialis posterior muscle is re-routed and used to provide dorsiflexion of the foot. This study of tibialis posterior transfer was carried out to compare the results of the circumtibial and interosseous routes. There is no significant difference in the range of motion between either route through the range of the interosseous route is more functional (better dorsiflexion). The interosseous route is preferable as this results in a significantly lower incidence of recurrent inversion deformity of the foot at long-term follow-up when compared with the circumtibial route.
PY - 1995 SP - 229 EP - 34 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Tibialis posterior transfer in the correction of footdrop due to leprosy. UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1995/v66n3/pdf/v66n3a07.pdf VL - 66 SN - 0305-7518 ER -