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Abstract
Observations on plantar pressure points suggest that Freiberg's infraction is osteonecrosis of the second or third metatarsal head resulting from a subchrondral bone fatique fracture. A series of 53 cases were successfully treated by deflexion osteotomy of the involved metatarsal head.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 498654
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Orthop Relat Res ISSN: 0009-921X Impact factor: 4.176