title: Post-surgical hallux varus. A case report.
abstract: Sometimes a hallux varus occurs as a consequence of the treatment for a hallux valgus, determined by an alteration of the balance between the muscolo-ligamentous structure which crosses the first metatarso-phalangeal joint. This complication is poorly tolerated by patients. Various operations have been proposed to correct the varus, which includes the bone and the soft tissue. A clinical case has been presented which uses a split extensor hallucis longus transfer, distally sectioned and made to pass under the deep transverse intermetatarsal ligament, used as a pulley, and through a tunnel made in the bone at the proximal-lateral base of the proximal phalanx, and then tensioned and sutured to its medial side.
authors.affiliation: U.O. di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Ospedale "S. Martino", Via Rockefeller, Oristano, Italy. ruan.ort@tiscali.it
authors.forename: Giovanni Andrea
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ruiu
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sanna
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006215:Hallux Valgus / Q000601:surgery*; D050488:Hallux Varus / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013709:Tendon Transfer