Foot surgery. Incision in the foot of a 50-year-old female patient undergoing surgery for problems associated with severe rheumatoid arthritis. This s

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Foot surgery. Incision in the foot of a 50-year-old female patient undergoing surgery for problems associated with severe rheumatoid arthritis. This surgery will remove excess bone growth (cheilectomy) from the head of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the toe, and shorten and re-align (osteotomy) the metatarsal.

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