Surgical treatment of adolescent hallux valgus.
Surgical for adolescent hallux valgus (HV) was performed on 32 feet. Five feet (16%) required revision surgery, and technical errors accounted for recurrence in all five. Satisfaction was obtained in 70% of patients. According to a new bunion rating score, 59% of patients had good to excellent results. In a subgroup of patients treated with metatarsal osteotomy for metatarsus primus varus, the Mitchell osteotomy provided an excellent rating in 95% of patients. Surgery for adolescent HV provides satisfying results in most patients. The one factor most highly correlated with both decreased risk of recurrence of angular deformity and patient satisfaction was a reduction of the intermetatarsal (IM) angle.
Alfred I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, DE 19899.
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006215:Hallux Valgus / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation