The Herbert Bone Screw System: a new method of interfragmentary compression for first metatarsal osteotomies.

: Closing base wedge osteotomies have often been a subject of controversy as to the mode of fixation necessary to supply adequate, prolonged stability across the osteotomy site. The authors introduce a method currently utilized at Riverside Hospital, Toledo, Ohio--that of the Herbert Bone Screw System.