Table 1 Techniques for treatment of peroneal nerve palsy

Tendon transfer

  Watkins et al. [18]

PTT transfer through IO to lateral cuneiform

17/29 patients with excellent results, 7 good, 1 fair, 4 unknown^a

  Prahinski et al. [19]

PTT transfer through IO to triple anastomosis between PTT, ATT, and PL (Bridle procedure)

6/10 patients brace free, 10/10 satisfied

  Wagenaar and Louwerens [20]

PTT transfer through IO to extensor tendons proximal to ankle

10/11 patients brace free, 10/11 with good/fair gait

  Pinzur et al. [21]

ATT and PTT transfer to lateral cuneiform

9/9 patients brace free with subjective improvement

Nerve repair + tendon transfer

  Ferraresi et al. [22]

PTT transfer through IO to lateral cuneiform; peroneal nerve repair with sural nerve graft

48/53 patients with nerve regeneration, 28/53 good result, 10 fair, 6 poor

Nerve transfer

  Nath et al. [23]

Tibial nerve transfer to deep peroneal nerve

12/14 patients with strength improvement, 10/14 dorsiflexion strength ≥4

  Ninkovic and Ninkovic [24]

Gastrocnemius transfer with reinnervation to the undamaged proximal peroneal nerve

18/18 patients brace free with gait improvement and voluntary dorsiflexion, 10/18 excellent results, 4 good, 3 satisfactory, 1 poor