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CONE ARTHRODESIS OF THE FIRST METATARSO-PHALANGEAL JOINT



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Abstract

1. A simple cone arthrodesis of the metatarso-phalangeal joint of the big toe based on the Rose and Mann operations is described.

2. New instruments have been devised to simplify the procedure.

3. Thirty-one operations have been performed on twenty-three patients. Bony fusion has occurred in all but one case. There have been no complications.

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