Figure 1.

Preoperative skin markings of the 3 incisions: a 5 cm proximal longitudinal incision commencing 2 cm proximal and medial to the tendon defect, a 4 cm distal longitudinal incision commencing 2 cm distal and lateral to the tendon defect, and a 2 cm longitudinal incision proximal just superior to the tubercle of the base of the fifth metatarsal.