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This update summarizes recent research pertaining to foot and ankle surgery that was published or presented between August 2008 and July 2009. The sources of these studies include The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American and British Volumes); Foot and Ankle International; the proceedings of Specialty Day at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), held on February 28, 2009, in Las Vegas, Nevada; and the summer meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS), held on July 15 through 18, 2008, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.