Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1932;14:335-338.
© 1932 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
THE OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF CLAW-FOOT
CLARENCE H. HEYMAN M.D., F.A.C.S.1
1 The Gates Hospital for Crippled Children, Elyria, and Mt. Sinai Hospital, Cleveland.
A method for the correction of claw-foot is described. This consists of a capsulotomy of the metatarsophalangeal joints and transplantation of each individual extensor longus tendon into the corresponding metatarsal head. The results of fifteen operations are reported.