Operative treatment of peroneusbrevis and peroneus longus tendon tears

The peroneal tendons provide important functions to the foot and ankle including stabilization of the lateral ankle and plantar flexion of the first ray. Injury to the peroneal tendons might occur as a result of an ankle or peroneal tendon instability or a local degenerative process. Conservative management for peroneal tendon tears is not uniformly successful and surgical management remains a common method for treatment. The peroneal tendon rupture might be treated by simple repair of isolated longitudinal rupture, by excision of degenerative tendon and longitudinal repair of the remaining tendon, or by excision of degenerative tendon and side-to-side tenodesis for extensive tendon damage. Stability of the tendons also is addressed by bony and or soft tissue stabilization procedures.