Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 142-147 , September 2010

Flexible cavovarus feet in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease treated with first ray proximal dorsiflexion osteotomy combined with soft tissue surgery: A short-term to mid-term outcome study

Received 21 December 2008 ,Revised 2 September 2009 ,Accepted 8 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2009.10.002

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 142-147 , September 2010

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