Orthop Clin North Am 2022 Jul 27;53(3):311-317. Epub 2022 May 27.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Davis, 4860 Y Street, Suite 3800, Sacramento, CA, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shriners Children's Hospital Northern California, 2425 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. Electronic address:
The transfer of the tibialis posterior tendon has been used to correct hindfoot varus and dorsiflexion weakness in cerebral palsy. It is expendable, has a favorable direction for dorsiflexion and eversion posterior to the tibia, and is the source of hindfoot varus in most cases. However, the foot and ankle must be flexible without skeletal deformity. Read More