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Raymond Y Hsu1, Scott VanValkenburg2, Altug Tanriover3
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Foot and Ankle Clinics
|December 3, 2014
Abstract:
This article summarizes the various alternatives for direct gastrocnemius lengthening and elucidates the relative strengths and tradeoffs of each as a means of providing balanced perspective in selecting the appropriate procedure for any given patient.

