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Keep it blunt: aberrations in the course of the superficial peroneal nerve during lateral ankle approach

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  1. The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Prescot Street, Liverpool, L7 8XP, UK

    Masroor A. Naveed

  2. Macclesfield District General Hospital, NHS Trust, East Cheshire, UK

    Yousaf Khan, Kopadda Raja Ratnam & Jochen Fischer

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Naveed, M.A., Khan, Y., Ratnam, K.R. et al. Keep it blunt: aberrations in the course of the superficial peroneal nerve during lateral ankle approach. Eur Orthop Traumatol 4, 59–61 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12570-013-0165-7

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