Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 459-464 , September 2010

Immediate Weight Bearing Following Modified Lapidus Arthrodesis

  • Philip Basile, DPM, FACFAS

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Instructor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Podiatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Boston, MA
    • Chief, Division of Podiatric Surgery, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
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  • Emily A. Cook, DPM, MPH, AACFAS

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Instructor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Podiatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Emily A. Cook, DPM, MPH, AACFAS, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Podiatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, One Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215.
    • ,
  • Jeremy J. Cook, DPM, MPH, AACFAS

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Instructor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Podiatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Boston, MA

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 Financial Disclosure: None reported.

 Conflict of Interest: None reported.

PII: S1067-2516(10)00233-4

doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.06.003

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 459-464 , September 2010

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