Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 326-330 , July 2010

Isolated Medial Incisional Approach to Subtalar and Talonavicular Arthrodesis

  • Glenn M. Weinraub, DPM, FACFAS

      Affiliations

    • Attending Physician, The Permanente Medical Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fremont/Hayward, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: G. M. Weinraub, DPM, FACFAS, The Permanente Medical Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rancho-Ohlone Building 39400 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont CA 94538.
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  • John M. Schuberth, DPM, FACFAS

      Affiliations

    • Attending Physician, The Permanente Medical Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, San Francisco, CA
  • ,
  • Michael Lee, DPM, FACFAS

      Affiliations

    • Staff Physician, DSM Capital Orthopaedics, Des Moines, IA
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  • Shannon Rush, DPM, FACFAS

      Affiliations

    • Staff Physician, El Camino Medical Group, San Jose, CA
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  • Lawrence Ford, DPM, FACFAS

      Affiliations

    • Attending Physician, The Permanente Medical Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oakland, CA
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  • Jason Neufeld, DPM

      Affiliations

    • PGY2, Kaiser Permanente Hayward PSR36, Hayward, CA
  • ,
  • Jenny Yu, MPH

      Affiliations

    • 3rd year student, California School of Podiatric Medicine, Samuel Merritt University, Oakland, CA

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 Financial Disclosure: None reported.

 Conflict of Interest: None reported.

PII: S1067-2516(10)00138-9

doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.04.015

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 326-330 , July 2010