title: [Metatarsus primus double osteotomy, a logical and non-disabling surgical technique for treatment of hallux valgus].
abstract: The procedure known as the Metatarsus Primus Double Osteotomy ("L'ostéotomie métatarsienne bipolaire" of Schnepp-Carret) for the treatment of the hallux valgus is a logical, efficient and non-mutilating procedure. The technique consists in reducing the hallux valgus deformity by a subcapital bone wedge resection of the metatarsus primus. The bone wedge is then pinched into a second proximal osteotomy of the metatarsus primus, correcting the varus deformity in a valgus direction. This procedure is little known and is not even mentioned in the classic orthopedic literature of German and English language.
authors.affiliation: Ars Medica Clinic, Gravesano-Lugano.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osterwalder
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maestretti
mesh_terms: D001864:Bone Wires; D006215:Hallux Valgus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Die Metatarsus-primus-Doppelosteotomie, eine logische und nicht verstümmelnde Operationstechnik zur Behandlung des Hallux valgus.