Tendon lengthening for neuropathic foot problems.

摘要

Patients with neuropathy develop foot problems, some of which benefit from orthopedic surgery. Tendon lengthening is one procedure used to treat neuropathic foot problems. Tendon lengthening, such as gastrocnemius-soleus recession, has fewer complications than bony procedures in the foot and ankle and should be considered prior to bony procedures in diabetics, smokers, and patients with foot ulcers, with infection, or without pedal pulses.