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    SA Orthopaedic Journal

    versión On-line ISSN 2309-8309
    versión impresa ISSN 1681-150X

    SA orthop. j. vol.7 no.3 Centurion jul./sep. 2008

     

    CLINICAL ARTICLE

     

    An approach to the assessment of cavus deformity

     

     

    SI Dix-Peek

    MBBCh, MMed(Orth), FCS(Orth)SA. Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Red Cross Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town

    Correspondence

     

    “Full text available only in PDF format”

     

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    Correspondence:
    Dr S Dix-Peek
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
    Red Cross Children's Hospital
    University of Cape Town

     

     

    This article was not submitted to an ethical committee for approval. There was no patient involvement, and it was purely a review/instructional article. The content of this article is the sole work of the author. No benefits of any form have been derived from any commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.