Highlights of the twentieth annual summer meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Seattle, Washington, July 29–31, 2004 ☆

I. Surgical pearls: Fibular sesamoidectomy may be performed from a plantar approach, but the surgical defect should be closed [1]. Subluxing peroneal tendons may be managed with a stabilization procedure that includes superior peroneal retinaculoplasty with an anterior-based periosteal flap and fibular groove deepening [2]. Subtalar hypermobility and inversion instability may result in subtalar joint pain; management may include a split peroneus brevis tenodesis to limit subtalar excursion [3]. II. Meet the researcher: There were 80 poster presentations that covered diverse basic science and clinical studies. III. International orthopaedic perspectives: The AOFAS outreach mission to Vietnam (2002–2004) included