Surgical correction of equinus deformity in cerebral palsy.

Sixty-seven children who had been operated on for equinus deformity due to spastic cerebral palsy were studied retrospectively. The recurrence rate of equinus after 51 Baker-Strayer gastrocnemius lengthenings was 29 per cent, and aftef the sliding Hoke type of tendo calcaneus lengthenings it was 9 per cent. In both groups the postoperative care was the same: no bracing, no night splints, and no stretching. The recurrence rate of equinus after tendo calcaneus lengthening is comparable with other reported series.