Freiberg's infraction - Treatment with metatarsal neck dorsal closing wedge osteotomy: Report of two cases

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 580-585

  Lin, Sung Yen ^a   Cheng, Yuh Min ^a,b   Huang, Peng Ju ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Freiberg's infraction; Metatarsal neck dorsal closing wedge osteotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CAPSULOTOMY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FREIBERG INFRACTION; HUMAN; METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 33845358267     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70356-0     Document Type: Article

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