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PREOPERATIVE ANALYSIS OF RADIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN 516 PATIENTS WITH HALLUX VALGUS DEFORMITY.

Objective: This is a descriptive study to report our method of operative correction for patients with hallux valgus deformities.

Methods: From 2006 to 2012, 516 consecutive patients (601 feet) with hallux valgus deformities were treated surgically in our department after conservative treatments were exhausted. The hallux valgus angle, intermetatarsal angle, distal metatarsal articular angle, and degree of osteoarthritis in the first metatarsophalangeal joint were measured on preoperative plain radiographs of the weight-bearing forefoot.

Results: Young patients with severe intermetatarsal deviation received a combined proximal and distal osteotomy of the first metatarsal (n = 21). Patients with low intermetatarsal deviation received a distal metatarsal chevron osteotomy (n = 196), whereas patients with severe intermetatarsal deviation and less flexible deformities without osteoarthritis received a basal metatarsal osteotomy with a distal soft tissue procedure (n = 173). Elderly active patients with osteoarthritis in the first metatarsophalangeal joint received an arthrodesis (n = 100) or resection arthroplasty (n = 58).

Conclusion: Determining a few simple angles on plain radiographs of the weight-bearing forefoot in combination with the age and level of activity of patients can help simplify the operative correction method by using the schema we developed. Level of evidence IV, case series .

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