The gastrocnemius intramuscular aponeurotic recession: a simplified method of gastrocnemius recession.

نویسندگان

  • Neal M Blitz
  • Shannon M Rush
چکیده

“Tips, Quips, and Pearls” is a special section in The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery which is devoted to the sharing of ideas to make the practice of foot and ankle surgery easier. We invite our readers to share ideas with us in the form of special tips regarding diagnostic or surgical procedures, new devices or modifications of devices for making a surgical procedure a little bit easier, or virtually any other “pearl” that the reader believes will assist the foot and ankle surgeon in providing better care. Please address your tips to: D. Scot Malay, DPM, MSCE, FACFAS, Editor, The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery, PO Box 590595, San Francisco, CA 94159-0595; E-mail: [email protected]

منابع مشابه

Endoscopic Gastrocnemius Recession 2

G.R. Scuderi and A.J. Tria (eds.), Minimally Invasive Surgery in Orthopedics: Foot and Ankle Handbook, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-0893-2_2, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 Percutaneous techniques are becoming popular for treating many musculoskeletal conditions. Those developed for endoscopic carpal tunnel and plantar fascial release are currently among the most common. The reported ben...

متن کامل

Anatomical aspects of the gastrocnemius aponeurosis and its muscular bound portion: a cadaveric study-part II.

Gastrocnemius intramuscular aponeurotic recession is performed on the anterior surface of the muscular-bound portion of the gastrocnemius aponeurosis, in the "transection zone" located inferior to the region where the aponeurosis is formed by the separate tendons of the medial and lateral heads of gastrocnemius, and superior to the inferior portions of the muscle's 2 heads. Measurements showed ...

متن کامل

Gastrocnemius recession to treat isolated foot pain.

BACKGROUND Gastrocnemius recession is performed to correct an isolated gastrocnemius equinus contracture of the ankle that may accompany foot and ankle pathology in the adult. It has been proposed that this equinus deformity leads to excessive strain throughout the foot, thus causing pain. This can manifest itself in the form of plantar fasciitis, metatarsalgia, posterior tibial tendon insuffic...

متن کامل

Gastrocnemius recession: A cadaveric study of surgical safety and effectiveness

Background and purpose - Many methods of gastrocnemius lengthening have been described, with different surgical challenges, outcomes, and risks to the sural nerve. Our aims were (1) to locate the gastrocnemius muscular-tendinous junction in relation to the mid-length of the fibula (from here on designated the mid-fibula), (2) to compare the dorsiflexion achieved with dorsal recession or ventral...

متن کامل

Clinical Outcomes Following an Open Gastrocnemius Recession Combined With an Endoscopic Plantar Fasciotomy.

At present, there is a paucity of literature describing the clinical outcomes following a combined gastrocnemius recession and endoscopic plantar fasciotomy. The purpose of the present report is to describe our preliminary findings following a combined gastrocnemius recession and endoscopic plantar fasciotomy for the treatment of plantar fasciitis and gastrocnemius equinus recalcitrant to conse...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

متن کامل
عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of foot and ankle surgery : official publication of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons

دوره 46 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007