The Foot
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 218-221 , December 2009

Arthroscopic release of flexor hallucis longus tendon using modified posteromedial and posterolateral portals in the supine position

  • John S. Theodoropoulos

      Affiliations

    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Preston M. Wolin

      Affiliations

    • Center for Athletic Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
    • ,
  • Drew W. Taylor

      Affiliations

    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Suite 476C, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada. Tel.: +1 416 586 4800x8699; fax: +1 416 586 8501.

Received 23 June 2008 ,Accepted 9 February 2009.

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☆ The authors did not receive any outside funding nor were commissioned or supported by any outside agency for this case study.

PII: S0958-2592(09)00012-1

doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2009.02.002

The Foot
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 218-221 , December 2009

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