Anterior talofibular ligament lesion is associated with increased flat foot deformity but does not affect correction by lateral calcaneal lengthening

Interesting study. The authors did not consider an alternative explanation that a common covariate, such as ligamentous laxity due to genetic polymorphism, may contribute to both LAS risk and flatfoot deformity. I recently discussed this at #IAS2019 https

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