Lambrinudi's operation for drop-foot

✍ Scribed by F. P. Fitzgerald; H. J. Seddon

• Book ID: 102768157
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1937
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 577 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800259808

✦ Synopsis

TEN years have elapsed since Lambrinudi (1927) described a novel and ingenious operation for drop-foot. The technique was subsequently simplified, and the operation as now performed generally follows the description given in a short paper published in 1932. In our opinion the time has come for a review of the results obtained from the operation, and an attempt to assess its particular merits and defects.

Only one surgical work, and that a very recent publication (1937), mentions the operation; and apparently only a few surgeons outside London are familiar with the procedure. Hence we think that, before discussing the results, a description of the operation as carried out nowadays is essential.