AI Article Synopsis
- Osteonecrosis is a rare bone disease that typically affects the talus and navicular bones in the foot, with very few cases reported in the intermediate cuneiform.
- Literature review revealed only five documented cases of intermediate cuneiform osteonecrosis, all involving pediatric patients.
- An adult case of resistant osteonecrosis in the intermediate cuneiform was successfully treated with surgery after conservative methods failed.
Article Abstract
Osteonecrosis is a disease that rarely affects the bones of the foot. When present, it is more common in the talus and in the navicular. Cases of osteonecrosis of the intermediate cuneiform are extremely rare, and after a thorough bibliographic review, we found only five reports in the literature, all of them in pediatric patients. Below, we present the case of an adult patient with osteonecrosis of the intermediate cuneiform that was resistant to conservative treatment. Thus, we proposed a surgical approach with good results. .
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8249063 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1715513 | DOI Listing |
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