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Many foot deformities are accompanied by changes in the shape of the bones and concomitant shortening of soft tissues in the concavity of the deformity. The traditional methods of overcoming such deformities involve resection of bone, a measure that shortens the foot as the deformity is eliminated.
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Ilizarov, G.A. (1992). Operative Correction of Foot Deformities. In: Transosseous Osteosynthesis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84388-4_12
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