“…Often patients demonstrate a positive Tinel sign along the course of the tibial nerve, and become more symptomatic with dorsiflexion and eversion at the ankle. 7 Although multiple causes of tarsal tunnel syndrome have been described, including trauma, 11,13 space occupying lesions, 9,17 infection, 2 systemic diseases, 15,16 external compression, 11,19 and ischemia, 1 few reports make any mention of compressive or traction neuropathy as a direct potential result of corrective osteotomy. This mechanism, however, has on 2 occasions been observed by the senior author as the likeliest reason for transient postoperative neuropathy after otherwise uneventful calcaneal tuber translation.…”