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Modified crescentic osteotomy in children
R M Jay1, H D Schoenhaus, C M Donohue
1Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia.
The Journal of Foot Surgery
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
A crescentic osteotomy of the first metatarsal is unstable during the preliminary healing stage. The authors present a modification in the direction of the cut of the osteotomy. This alteration increases stability at the first metatarsal base.