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Peroneal Tendon Disorders

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Abstract

Personal tendon disorders are common but difficult to confirm with clinical diagnosis. This chapter reviews the anatomy of peroneal tendon and peroneal groove and presentation of peroneal tendonitis. The chapter will also review the setup and surgical technique for tendoscopy and debridement of peroneal tendons.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Brian Lau

  2. Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China

    Kai Rong

  3. Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Alan Y. Yan

  4. Department of Sports Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Yinghui Hua

  5. Columbia University Orthopedics at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA

    Ettore Vulcano

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Lau, B., Rong, K., Yan, A.Y., Hua, Y., Vulcano, E. (2022). Peroneal Tendon Disorders. In: Arthroscopic Techniques and Anatomy of the Foot and Ankle. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05190-6_18

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