Correction of moderate and severe acquired flexible flatfoot with medializing calcaneal osteotomy and flexor digitorum longus transfer

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1726-1734

  Vora, Anand M ^a   Tien, Tudor R ^a   Parks, Brent G ^a   Schon, Lew C ^a  

^a Union Memorial Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; CALCANEUS OSTEOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLATFOOT; FLEXOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOT; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIAL CUNEIFORM BONE; METATARSAL BONE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NAVICULAR BONE; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TALUS;

EID: 33746917957     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00045     Document Type: Article

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