title: [Metatarsalgia and modified Helal's operation. Apropos of a series of 40 cases].
abstract: The authors report a series of 40 cases of metatarsalgia operated according to a modified Helal technique. The mid-diaphyseal osteotomy was situated obliquely inferoanteriorly at an angle of 45 degrees on the metatarsal diaphysis. Twenty cases of hallux valgus were operated during the same procedure Surgery allowed a reduction in pain and hyperkeratosis in 67.5% of patients. Comparison of the results obtained with those reported in the literature confirms that the osteotomy must be metaphyseal and that weight bearing must be early and effective.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Orthopédie Traumatologique, Hôpital Nord, Amiens.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jarde
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mertl
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Filloux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vives
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006215:Hallux Valgus / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008682:Metatarsal Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009985:Orthopedics; D010027:Osteotomy; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Métatarsalgies et intervention de Helal modifiée. A propos d'une série de quarante cas.