Percutaneous elongation of the Achilles
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J. C. Y. Cheng; W. S. So
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Article
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1993
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Springer
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English
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From 1987From to 1990, 45 , 45 children with cerebral palsy underwent percutaneous elongation of the Achilles tendon (71 ankles); the mean age was 5.7 years. Most suffered from spastic diplegia or hemiplegia. A three-step cut technique was used, the limb immobilised in a long leg fibreglass cast an