ORIGINAL ARTICLES   

Chirurgia Del Piede 2007 December;31(3):139-44

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language: Italian

Poximal osteotomy of all the metatarsals with early full weight bearing: clinical results

Parino E., Ferrero A., Pisani P. C.

Centro di Chirurgia del Piede “Prof. G. Pisani” Torino

The Authors present a surgical technique which can be applied to all the patients affected by multiple metatarsalgia, in particular as a result of previous operations or trauma. The above said technique is featured by a proximal osteotomy of all the metatarsals and the early full weight bearing. The clinical results of the patients operated between 1989 and 2000, with a mean follow-up of 11 years, follow.