Surgical techniques of gastrocnemius lengthening

Raymond Y Hsu; Scott VanValkenburg; Altug Tanriover; Christopher W DiGiovanni

doi:10.1016/j.fcl.2014.08.007

Surgical techniques of gastrocnemius lengthening

Foot Ankle Clin. 2014 Dec;19(4):745-65. doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2014.08.007. Epub 2014 Sep 20.

Authors

Raymond Y Hsu¹, Scott VanValkenburg², Altug Tanriover³, Christopher W DiGiovanni⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: s.vanvalkenburg22@gmail.com.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cankaya Hospital, Bulten Street 44, Kavaklıdere, Ankara 06700, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

PMID: 25456720
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2014.08.007

Abstract

This article summarizes the various alternatives for direct gastrocnemius lengthening and elucidates the relative strengths and tradeoffs of each as a means of providing balanced perspective in selecting the appropriate procedure for any given patient.

Keywords: Baker; Baumann; Gastrocnemius contracture; Silfverskiold; Strayer; Vulpius.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Contracture / surgery*
Equinus Deformity / surgery*
Humans
Muscle, Skeletal / surgery*