Comparison of the results of the Weil and Helal osteotomies for the treatment of metatarsalgia secondary to dislocation of the lesser metatarsophalangeal joints

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 72-79

  Trnka, Hans Jörg ^a,b   Mühlbauer, Michaela ^a   Zettl, Reinhard ^a   Myerson, Mark S ^b,c   Ritschl, Peter ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Hospital Gersthof   (Austria)

^b UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Union Memorial Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT DISLOCATION; METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY; METATARSALGIA; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0345561555     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079902000202     Document Type: Article

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