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VOL. 8, ISSUE 3 (2026)
A new method of gastrocnemius-soleus complex lengthening – A type 1 surgical offloading
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Amit Kumar C Jain
Abstract
Diabetic foot ulcer poses significant challenges in management especially those that are chronic, recurrent or those who failed to respond to conservative/external offloading. In such cases, surgical offloading serves a good option. Gastrocnemius- soleus complex lengthening is one of the surgical offloading that aims to correct equinus. The author describes a new method of gastrocnemius-soleus complex lengthening for healing a chronic trophic forefoot ulcer.
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Pages:15-20
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Amit Kumar C Jain "A new method of gastrocnemius-soleus complex lengthening – A type 1 surgical offloading". International Journal of Surgery Research, Vol 8, Issue 3, 2026, Pages 15-20

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