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Discover Correct Osteotomy Options

Published on Tue Aug 17, 2021

Question: My podiatrist performed an osteotomy of the patient’s calcaneus. She first incised the skin and dissected down through tissues to bone, making sure to protect the sural nerve. After exposing the calcaneus, my podiatrist used an osteotome to make incisions and formed a wedge shape in the bone. Once she removed the wedge, she aligned the bones into a [...]
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