The provider performs surgical repair, which includes placement of a bone graft, of fractured metatarsal bones that have either healed in the wrong position, i.e., malunion, or have not rejoined, i.e., nonunion. These complications occur when the fractured site has a poor blood supply or gets infected. He performs the procedure to restore function and relieve pain.
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