[Late results of Eggers' operation in spastic contracture of the knee].

Authors assess the late results of flexor tendon transplantation in spastic flexion contracture of the knee on the basis of the follow-up of 29 cases. It is stated that the method is suitable to eliminate the flexion contracture, however it is unable to cease the gait disturbance of the basic disease, as after the Eggers' operation patients walk characteristically with extended knees and a compensating increased lumbar lordosis. These unfavourable effects may be diminished by an individually planned, selective muscle transplantation performed after a careful preoperative clinical examination, motion analysis, perhaps also after an electromyographic examination.