Nonunion Rate of First Metatarsal-Phalangeal Joint Arthrodesis for End-stage Hallux Rigidus with Crossed Titanium Flexible Intramedullary Nails and Dorsal Static Staple with Immediate Weight-bearing

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-311

  Roukis, Thomas S ^a   Meusnier, Tristan ^b   Augoyard, Marc ^b  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Surgeon   (France)

Author keywords

4; Degenerative joint disease; Dorsal bunion; Foot deformity; Osteoarthritis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HALLUX RIGIDUS; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL STAPLING; WEIGHT BEARING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRODESIS; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALLUX RIGIDUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TITANIUM; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84859924643     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: 15422224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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