Direction and location of the nutrient artery to the fifth metatarsal at risk in osteotomy for bunionette
Direction and location of the nutrient artery to the fifth metatarsal at risk in osteotomy for bunionette
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DOI:
10.1016/j.fas.2017.10.006
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发表时间:
2019-04-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Sairyo, Koichi
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作者:
Tonogai, Ichiro;Hayashi, Fumio;Sairyo, Koichi
Background: The aims of this study were to identify the artery feeding the fifth metatarsal and determine how bunionette osteotomy could injure this vessel.Methods: The nutrient artery entering the fifth metatarsal was investigated in 10 adult cadaveric lower limbs by barium injection and enhanced computed tomography.Results: The nutrient artery entered the medial aspect of the fifth metatarsal around the junction of the middle and proximal thirds obliquely from a distal direction (mean angle 36 degrees) in the coronal plane in all cases; in the axial plane, the point of entry and direction of the artery was medial-plantar (mean angle 49 degrees).Conclusions: This report revealed direction and location of the nutrient artery entering the fifth metatarsal. (C) 2017 European Foot and Ankle Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.