The Herbert Bone Screw System: a new method of interfragmentary compression for first metatarsal osteotomies.
Closing base wedge osteotomies have often been a subject of controversy as to the mode of fixation necessary to supply adequate, prolonged stability across the osteotomy site. The authors introduce a method currently utilized at Riverside Hospital, Toledo, Ohio--that of the Herbert Bone Screw System.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014945:Wound Healing