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Table 2 Distances between distal muscles and HPC and the number of vascular pedicle in distal muscles

From: A gross anatomic study of distal tibia and fibula for single-incision approach

Leg number

Distance between distal muscles and HPC (cm)

Number of vascular pedicle in distal muscles

TA

EHL

EDL

PL

PB

TA

EHL

EDL

PL

PB

1

12.0

4.3

7.9

2.5

6.3

2

4

3

1

3

2

10.5

3.8

4.3

2.9

5.9

3

4

3

1

2

3

10.8

7.1

3.8

6.3

2.1

3

3

3

2

2

4

11.3

5.8

6.9

7.0

2.3

3

2

2

3

3

5

12.9

5.3

7.3

7.4

4.6

2

3

2

2

3

6

11.1

4.2

8.9

6.9

5.7

2

3

4

2

1

7

12.0

3.9

8.4

3.1

5.8

1

3

3

2

1

8

10.6

2.8

7.1

4.3

4.7

2

4

3

2

2

9

9.4

3.9

7.4

5.7

6.0

3

4

4

1

2

10

13.1

5.1

6.6

2.9

5.7

3

4

4

3

3

11

10.7

5.0

6.8

3.8

3.8

2

2

2

3

3

12

11.5

6.4

6.9

4.8

2.1

2

2

2

2

3

13

11.9

3.9

7.8

5.2

3.6

2

3

3

2

3

14

12.3

4.9

6.7

5.3

2.8

1

4

3

2

2

15

11.0

5.3

5.9

6.3

4.7

2

3

3

3

2

16

10.8

5.2

6.6

6.6

6.0

1

4

3

2

3

17

10.4

6.6

6.9

7.1

4.7

3

3

4

2

3

18

11.6

6.9

7.5

5.0

5.3

2

3

2

1

3

19

12.6

4.8

7.4

5.9

5.1

3

3

2

1

2

20

11.7

5.4

4.9

6.3

3.3

2

3

4

1

2

21

11.2

5.8

5.9

3.9

4.6

2

2

4

2

2

22

12.0

6.4

5.5

4.2

2.8

2

3

3

2

3

23

11.4

4.7

8.1

5.8

3.0

2

3

4

2

2

24

9.5

5.3

7.7

6.4

3.3

1

4

3

3

2

25

9.9

2.9

4.3

5.8

6.2

2

4

3

3

3

26

11.3

3.8

3.9

6.2

4.7

2

3

4

2

3

S

11.3 ± 0.9

5.0 ± 1.2

6.6 ± 1.4

5.3 ± 1.4

4.4 ± 1.4

2.1 ± 0.7

3.2 ± 0.7

3.1 ± 0.7

2.0 ± 0.7

2.4 ± 0.6

  1. TA tibialis anterior, EHL extensor hallucis longus, EDL extensor digitorum longus, PL peroneus longus, PB peroneus brevis, HPC the highest point of the medial malleolus and the lateral malleolus of the connection.