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Functional ankle instability in members of the armed forces, the results of the extensor digitorum brevis transfer operation

  • R.J. Langstaff
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    Requests for reprints should be addressed to: Squadron Leader R. J. Langstaff, Hon. Senior Registrar, Department of Fracture and Orthopaedic Surgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH.
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    Orthopaedic Department, Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Hospital, Halton, Aylesbury, Bucks, UK
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  • C.H. Handley
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    Orthopaedic Department, Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Hospital, Halton, Aylesbury, Bucks, UK
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      Abstract

      A series of 29 Service personnel disabled by chronic lateral instability of the ankle, to the extent that they were unfit for full duties, were treated by the operation of extensor digitorum brevis (EDB) transfer. All but one were returned to full service.
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