Table 1.

Techniques for treatment of peroneal nerve palsy

Author	Technique	Results
Tendon transfer
Watkins et al. [18]	PTT transfer through IO to lateral cuneiform	17/29 patients with excellent results, 7 good, 1 fair, 4 unknowna
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

PTT posterior tibial tendon, IO interosseous membrane, ATT anterior tibial tendon, PL peroneus longus. ^aReported results in muscular imbalance patients.