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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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Publication history
Accepted:
June 16,
1990
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© 1991 Published by Elsevier Inc.