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In one group lengthening was performed by one-stage intercalary bone grafting secured by an intramedullary Kirschner-wire (45 feet, 35 patients). In the second group lengthening was obtained gradually using a mini-external fixator after performing an osteotomy with a saw (59 feet, 39 patients) and in the third group lengthening was achieved in a gradual manner using a mini-external fixator after undertaking an osteotomy using osteotome through pre-drilled holes (49 feet, 32 patients). The mean age of the patients was 26.3 years (13 to 48). Pre-operatively, the fourth ray of the bone-graft group was longer than that of other two groups (p &lt; 0.000). The clinical outcome was compared in the three groups. The mean follow-up was 22 months (7 to 55). <\/jats:p><jats:p> At final follow-up, the mean lengthening in the bone-graft group was 13.9 mm (3.5 to 23.0, 27.1%) which was less than that obtained in the saw group with a mean of 17.8 mm (7.0 to 33.0, 29.9%) and in the pre-drilled osteotome group with a mean of 16.8 mm (6.5 to 28.0, 29.4%, p = 0.001). However, the mean time required for retention of the fixation in the bone-graft group was the shortest of the three groups. Patients were dissatisfied with the result for five feet (11.1%) in the bone-graft group, eight (13.6%) in the saw group and none in the pre-drilled osteotomy group (p &lt; 0.000). The saw group included eight feet with failure of bone formation after surgery. Additional operations were performed in 20 feet because of stiffness (n = 7, all groups), failure of bone formation (n = 4, saw group), skin maceration (n = 4, bone-graft group), malunion (n = 4, bone-graft and saw groups) and breakage of the external fixator (n = 1, saw group). <\/jats:p><jats:p> We conclude that the gradual lengthening by distraction osteogenesis after osteotomy using an osteotome produces the most reliable results for the treatment of fourth brachymetatarsia. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620x.91b11.22169","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,10,31]],"date-time":"2009-10-31T21:17:52Z","timestamp":1257023872000},"page":"1472-1477","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":38,"title":["Lengthening of fourth brachymetatarsia by three different surgical techniques"],"prefix":"10.1302","volume":"91-B","author":[{"given":"W.-C.","family":"Lee","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Seoul Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, 85, 2-ga, Jeo-dong, Jung-Gu, Seoul 100-032, Korea."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J. 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