Correction of the pes equinus component in congenital clubfoot by freeing the triceps surae muscles and by tibiocalcaneal distraction

20 children, average age 9 months, were treated of 27 inborn deformed feet by a new method. It consists in a wide release of m. triceps surae and its tendon, posterior lateral and posterior medial release and lengthening of the muscle with the help of a personal distraction apparatus, leaving the tendon untouched. Control examinations from 9 months to 4.7 years after operation showed correction of the equinus component by an average of 49 degrees and correction of the profile of the talocalcaneal angle by an average of 34 degrees.