He had a black patch over his right eye socket, a prosthetic left arm and a deformed right hand, the result of injuries from an explosives mishap during an old operation against the Soviets in Kabul.

Yet the partnership is strangely unbalanced. Like a misshapen weightlifter who exercises only one arm, the partnership bulks up its military limb, perhaps even overworks it.

Conclusions: By complete subtalar release, rotational reduction of the talocalcaneal joint can be accomplished in total correction of deformity.