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Iatrogenic brachymetatarsia
G G Sinclair1, S K Shoemaker, S R Seibert
1Department of Podiatry, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Vallejo, California.
The Journal of Foot Surgery
|November 1, 1991
Abstract:
The authors present a case report of iatrogenic brachymetatarsia. The literature was reviewed and various surgical treatments discussed. The metatarsal was lengthened using a sagittally placed Z lengthening step-up osteotomy, with an autogenous bone graft and rigid internal fixation.