Utilization of a silastic sheet in tendon repair of the foot

Specific reparative processes often dictate the function of a tendon upon completion of healing. At times the surgeon must improvise when the results of a previous traumatic or iatrogenic insult to a tendon produced a less than desirable result. The following is a case in which the authors utilized Silastic sheeting as a pseudosheath in the repair of an iatrogenic laceration of the extensor hallucis longus tendon in a previous surgery.