title: Use of internal callus distraction in the treatment of congenital brachymetatarsia.
abstract: Congenital bilateral brachymetatarsia of the fourth metatarsal bone was treated by osteotomy and bone lengthening using the internal distraction technique. The patient was cosmetically improved. This technique has some advantages over the method of external distraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato Sagamihara, Kanagawa 228-8555, Japan. ymprs@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Nobuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwashiro
authors.forename: Eiju
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Uchinuma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002146:Bony Callus / Q000601:surgery; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005532:Foot Deformities, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography