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Tarsal coalition takedown - operative considerations


PATIENT POSITIONING: Supine with ipsilateral sandbag

TOURNIQUET: Thigh

ANAESTHESIA: General

NERVE BLOCK: Femoral; and sciatic

KIT REQUIRED: Fine Lambotts and Hibs osteotomes, smooth ended laminar spreaders.