The Foot
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 32-34 , March 2010

Hemiarthroplasty in a patient affected by osteonecrosis of the first metatarsal head following chevron osteotomy: A case report

  • Martinelli Nicolò

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 06225411613; fax: +39 06225411934.
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  • Ronconi Paolo

      Affiliations

    • Foot Hospital, Rome, Italy
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  • Cancilleri Francesco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy
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  • Marinozzi Andrea

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy
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  • Umile Giuseppe Longo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy
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  • Denaro Vincenzo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy

Received 19 August 2009 ,Revised 19 September 2009 ,Accepted 23 September 2009.

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PII: S0958-2592(09)00076-5

doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2009.09.001

The Foot
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 32-34 , March 2010

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