Posterior tibialis tendon transfer via the circumtibial route: a cadaveric limb analysis

Table 1 Comparison of the length of PTT tendon and the length needed for transfer

Height of level (cm)	Length (cm)				D _ab−ac	p	D _ab−ad	p	D _ab−ae	p
Height of level (cm)	ab	ac	ad	ae	D _ab−ac	p	D _ab−ad	p	D _ab−ae	p
3	9.2 ± 2.1	9.8 ± 1.7	10.1 ± 2.3	10.8 ± 1.4	0.6 ± 2.4	0.022*	0.9 ± 2.1	0.013*	1.6 ± 1.7	0.005*
4	10.2 ± 2.1	10.3 ± 2.0	10.5 ± 1.9	11.4 ± 2.2	0.1 ± 0.2	0.13	0.3 ± 1.1	0.021*	1.2 ± 1.8	0.0089*
5	11.2 ± 2.1	10.1 ± 2.3	10.7 ± 2.5	11.1 ± 1.7	−1.1 ± 1.0	0.017*	−0.5 ± 1.7	0.020*	−0.1 ± 0.8	0.026*
6	12.2 ± 2.1	10.4 ± 2.8	11.5 ± 1.6	11.9 ± 2.0	−1.8 ± 1.4	0.009*	−0.7 ± 2.4	0.015*	−0.3 ± 1.3	0.010*
7	13.2 ± 2.1	10.9 ± 1.9	12.1 ± 1.4	12.8 ± 2.3	−2.3 ± 1.8	0.007*	−1.1 ± 1.3	0.023*	−0.4 ± 1.7	0.019*
8	14.2 ± 2.1	12.8 ± 1.3	13.1 ± 1.9	13.5 ± 2.1	−1.4 ± 2.2	0.019*	−1.1 ± 1.9	0.009*	−0.7 ± 0.6	0.031*
9	15.2 ± 2.1	13.1 ± 2.0	13.5 ± 1.6	14.0 ± 2.5	−2.1 ± 1.7	0.012*	−1.7 ± 2.1	0.014*	−1.2 ± 2.0	0.024*
10	16.2 ± 2.1	13.5 ± 2.1	14.3 ± 2.6	14.7 ± 1.1	−2.7 ± 1.9	0.016*	−1.9 ± 2.3	0.012*	−1.5 ± 1.8	0.019*
11	17.2 ± 2.1	14.1 ± 2.3	14.9 ± 1.8	15.2 ± 1.3	−3.1 ± 1.4	0.005*	−2.3 ± 2.6	0.006*	−2.0 ± 2.3	0.008*

*Significance (p < 0.05), ab compared with ac, ad, and ae. D_ab-ac, D_ab-ad, and D_ab-ae stand for the length of ab minus ac, ad, and ae, respectively.

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