Percutaneous Techniques in Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery.

This article presents the indications, contraindications, preoperative surgical planning, surgical technique, and postoperative management of some of the most common percutaneous procedures in orthopedic foot and ankle surgery. The background of each procedure also is presented, supported by the latest in published literature to educate surgeons. Such topics include percutaneous bunionectomy, lesser toe deformity and bunionette correction, calcaneal osteotomy, cheilectomy, and first metatarsophalangeal joint arthrodesis.
PMID: 32498959 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The Orthopedic Clinics of North America - June 6, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Schipper ON, Day J, Ray GS, Johnson AH Tags: Orthop Clin North Am Source Type: research