Treatment of dynamic claw toe deformity flexor digitorum brevis tendon transfer to interosseous and lumbrical muscles: A literature survey

The authors report the results of a literature survey of corrective surgical treatment based on FDL and FDB tendon transfer for dynamic claw toe deformities. The study revealed that FDL transfer was first described in 1967 by Malcolm A. Brahms in “Common Foot Problems”, and FDB transfer was first mentioned in 1993 in the first edition of the treatise by G. Pisani “Trattato di Chirurgia del Piede”.The paper also discusses the functional effect of FDB transfer, compared to FDL transfer.