Harvey Cushing: early use of tendon transfers for repair of foot deformity. A historical case report

Acta Orthop. 2011 Aug;82(4):504-6. doi: 10.3109/17453674.2011.596065. Epub 2011 Jul 13.

Abstract

We describe 4 cases of tendon transfers for correction of foot deformities, which were performed by Harvey Cushing in 1898.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Baltimore
  • Clubfoot / surgery*
  • History, 19th Century
  • Humans
  • Tendon Transfer / history*
  • Tendon Transfer / methods
  • Tenotomy / history

Personal name as subject

  • Harvey Cushing