Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1932;14:888-894.
© 1932 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
CONGENITAL FUSION OF THE BONES OF THE FOOT; WITH A REPORT OF A CASE OF CONGENITAL ASTRAGALOSCAPHOID FUSION
PAUL W. LAPIDUS M.D.1
1 Assistant Adjunct Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Joint Diseases, Assistant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled
1. Congenital fusion of the bones of the feet is rare; the astragaloscaphoid fusion being extremely unusual.
2. Pathological fusion may sometimes simulate a congenital one.
3. One case of bilateral congenital astragaloscaphoid fusion is reported.