Can Generalized Ligamentous Laxity be an Obstacle to Perform Minimally Invasive Surgery for Moderate Hallux Valgus?

Minimally invasive distal metatarsal osteotomy for mild-to-moderate hallux valgus deformity.

Minimally invasive surgery has recently been introduced for foot and ankle surgery, and hallux valgus surgery is no exception. The purpose of our study was to analyze the early results and to present our experience of minimally invasive distal metatarsal osteotomy in correcting mild-to-moderate hallux valgus deformities. Between September 2005 and December 2006, 31 consecutive patients (47 feet...

Early results of distal metatarsal osteotomy through minimally invasive approach for mild-to-moderate hallux valgus.

A prospective study was performed on 24 patients to evaluate the early results of our experience with minimally invasive distal metatarsal osteotomy to treat mild-to-moderate hallux valgus deformities in adults. After failure of conservative treatment and persistence of footwear-related pain, a percutaneous distal first metatarsal osteotomy was performed, stabilized by a Kirschner wire, followe...

Minimally Invasive Distal Metatarsal Osteotomy for Mild-to-Moderate Hallux Valgus

Hallux valgus occurs almost exclusively in shoe – wearing societies. Coughlin and Thompson (2) noting the extremely high prevalence of bunions in American women in the fourth, fifth or sixth decade of life, implicated constricting footwear as a cause of hallux valgus. Likewise, in Japan, Kato and Watanabe (3) noted that the prevalence of hallux valgus in women increased dramatically following t...

Treatment of Pseudoarthrosis After Minimally Invasive Hallux Valgus Correction

OBJECTIVE Treatment of mild and moderate hallux valgus deformities. DISCUSSION Minimally invasive technique enables surgeons to treat mild and moderate hallux valgus deformities with excellent and good results in the majority of patients. Nonunion of first metatarsal, moreover, has only rarely been reported. SUMMARY We describe the essential steps of a surgical technique for the treatment o...

Functional, esthetic and radiographic results of treatment of hallux valgus with minimally invasive surgery