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This paper deals with surgical procedures for relief of foot spasticity which include division of tendons (Pan-tenotomy) and resection of the sciatic nerve.
At present, it is impossible to say which method is the best procedure. The advantage of tenotomy is that there is no muscular atrophy or cutaneous risk, while neurectomy has the advantage of being simple, resulting in a better scar and producing paralysis of short flexors and suppression of the reflexogenic area.
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Masse, P. Simple surgical procedures for relief of foot spasticity. Spinal Cord 2, 295–297 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1964.47
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1964.47