• Foot and ankle clinics · Sep 2014

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    Problems associated with the excision of the hallux sesamoids.

    • Clare F Taylor, Michael Butler, and Stephen W Parsons.
    • Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Cornwall Hospital, 5 Penventinnie Lane, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3LJ, UK.
    • Foot Ankle Clin. 2014 Sep 1; 19 (3): 425-36.

    AbstractDisorders of the hallux sesamoids can be a source of considerable pain and disability. Inappropriate or inept removal can lead to further disability and pain. Surgical intervention should only follow careful accurate assessment, appropriate investigation, and failure of conservative treatments.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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