Brachymetatarsia: Congenitally short third and fourth metatarsals treated by distraction lengthening - A case report and literature summary

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 713-718

  Robinson, Jon F ^a   Ouzounian, Tye J ^b,c,d  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL BONE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; METATARSAL BONE; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

EID: 0031724469     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079801901012     Document Type: Article

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