Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 16-20 , 2008

Surgical anatomy for a new minimally invasive approach to harvest the flexor digitorum longus tendon: A cadaver study

  • Vinod K. Panchbhavi, MD, FRCS

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Orthopedics, UTMB, USA. Tel.: +1 409 747 5700; fax: +1 409 747 9460.
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  • Jinping Yang, MD

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  • Santaram Vallurapalli, MD

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Received 20 April 2007 ,Revised 3 August 2007 ,Accepted 13 August 2007.

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PII: S1268-7731(07)00073-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2007.08.003

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 16-20 , 2008

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