title: Complications of foot surgery. Bone fixation devices. Considerations and consequences.
abstract: We have attempted to demonstrate the different healing patterns of cancellous and cortical bone and show how fixation devices impact healing. The incidence of hypersensitivity reactions, migration, and malignancy associated with fixation devices may be more prevalent in podiatric surgery than previously thought.
authors.affiliation: Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo, Iowa.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Lichty
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pellersels
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lozier
mesh_terms: D005528:Foot / Q000601:surgery*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D008670:Metals / Q000009:adverse effects; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D008670:Metals