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  • Title: Use of skin Z-plasty for management of extension contracture in recurrent claw- and hammertoe deformity.
    Author: Myerson MS, Fortin P, Girard P.
    Journal: Foot Ankle Int; 1994 Apr; 15(4):209-12. PubMed ID: 7951956.
    Abstract:
    Nine patients with recurrent metatarsophalangeal joint extension contracture after clawtoe or hammertoe procedures were treated with Z-plasty skin closures as part of the revision surgical procedure. The indication for performing the Z-plasty was the presence of scar contracture in the skin that prevented satisfactory correction of the toe. Soft tissue release of the metatarsophalangeal joint was followed by a simple dorsal skin Z-plasty transposition. Patients were evaluated 1 1/2 to 6 years after revision surgery. No recurrence of the extension contracture had occurred.
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