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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lui TH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5368026 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arthroscopy techniques 20170102 1
Dorsal boss of the foot also known as "tarsal boss," "dorsal exostosis," and "humped bone" is a bone spur that grows from one of the intertarsal or tarsometatarsal joints. It can occur with or without arthritis of the underlying joints. Surgery is indicated if the symptoms do not respond to conservative treatment. Excision of the dorsal boss with or without fusion of the underlying joint is the operative treatment of choice. We report an arthroscopic approach of resection of the dorsal exostosis ...[more]