 Attention was then directed on the dorsal aspect of the first left metatarsal shaft where an 8-cm linear incision was placed directly parallel and medial to the course of the extensor hallucis longus tendon. 
Attention was then directed on the dorsal aspect of the first left metatarsal shaft where an 8 - cm linear incision was placed directly parallel and medial to the course of the extensor hallucis longus tendon .