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Percutaneous Salvage Surgery for Weil Metatarsal Osteotomies

Conesa X*Ustes X,Parals F,Ribau MA,Vía-Dufresne O,Novell J
Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Hospital Municipal de Badalona, Barcelona, Spain Novell J
Corresponding Author :	Dr Xavier Conesa Muñoz| Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Hospital Municipal de Badalona, Barcelona, Spain Tel: +34629009346 E-mail: xaviconesa@hotmail.com
Received December 26, 2013; Accepted December 30, 2013; Published January 04, 2013
Citation: Conesa X, Ustes X, Parals F, Ribau MA, Vía-Dufresne O, et al. (2014) Percutaneous Salvage Surgery for Weil Metatarsal Osteotomies. Clin Res Foot Ankle 2:125. doi:10.4172/2329-910X.1000125
Copyright: © 2014 Conesa X, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Metatarsalgia is one of the most common reasons for orthopedic surgery consultations. Open surgery using Weil osteotomy techniques is widely accepted to treat metatarsalgia when orthopedic management fails. However, the presence of the osteosynthesis screw and the distal position of the osteotomy significantly complicates salvage procedures. We present a series of patients in whom persistent postoperative metatarsalgia was resolved by percutaneous osteotomies.

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