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TENDON TRANSPLANTATION IN THE PREVENTION OF FOOT DEFORMITIES AFTER POLIOMYELITIS IN CHILDREN



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Abstract

A carefully planned operation may be expected to check increasing deformity without doing harm, and to make subsequent bony stabilisation easier. In favourable cases it may be possible to restore muscle balance and stability, making further surgery unnecessary. A longer follow-up is necessary to determine to what extent this ideal can be achieved.

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