title: Value of cerclage fibreux for the Keller-Brandes procedure.
abstract: In the last 15 years Keller-Brandes operations have been performed in the Orthopedic Hospital Vienna-Speising, with and without cerclage fibreux. We were able to compare both methods in a long-term follow-up study and to check the function of the fibrous cerclage reducing the first intermetatarsal angle. The results of the random follow-up study of 100 patients show impressive advantages of the cerclage fibreux, objectively and subjectively, up to high intermetatarsal angles, which formerly were treated by osteotomies.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädisches Spital Wien-Speising, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vitek
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steinböck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006215:Hallux Valgus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography