title: Is it feasible to rely on intraoperative X ray in correcting hallux valgus?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of the study was to prove whether the intraoperatively taken fluoroscopy pictures compared to the X rays taken 8 weeks and 3 months postoperatively picture the achieved correction reliably.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a prospective study, the pre- and postoperative standing foot X rays as well as the intraoperatively taken fluoroscopy pictures of 31 patients were analysed. The intermetatarsal angle (IMA) and the hallux valgus angle (HVA) were measured. In all cases, a tarso-metatarsal joint I arthrodesis combined with a distal soft tissue release was performed. The mean age was 54 (17-73) years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference between the measured angles in intraoperative fluoroscopy and standing X rays postoperatively taken.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite the consideration that fluoroscopic pictures lack the loading criteria, we found reliable results in IMA and HVA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Magdeburger Straße 22, 06112, Halle (Saale), Germany. natalia@gutteck.com
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gutteck
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wohlrab
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Radetzki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zeh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Röllinghoff
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Delank
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lebek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001174:Arthrodesis; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006215:Hallux Valgus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008875:Middle Aged; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D010027:Osteotomy; D055815:Young Adult