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Chevron osteotomy in the treatment of hallux valgus. 1991

S Velkes, and A Ganel, and B Nagris, and F Lokiec

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

Fifty patients who underwent 80 chevron osteotomies for symptomatic hallux valgus were re-examined and assessed 4 years and 7 months (average) after surgery. Forty-five of the patients were satisfied with the result of their surgery, three patients suffered recurrence of their deformity and two had continuance of their symptomatology. The major complications noted were intraoperative intra-articular fracture of the metatarsal head in five feet, loss of initial repair in three feet, and tilt of the distal fragment (metatarsal head) in two feet. The Chevron osteotomy is a relatively simple procedure that corrects the varus deformity of the first metatarsal, realigns the valgus orientation of the metatarsal head, corrects the hallux valgus deformity, and improves symptomatology.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010027	Osteotomy	The surgical cutting of a bone. (Dorland, 28th ed)	Osteotomies
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D012008	Recurrence	The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission.	Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D001864	Bone Wires	Steel wires, often threaded through the skin, soft tissues, and bone, used to fix broken bones. Kirschner wires or apparatus also includes the application of traction to the healing bones through the wires.	Kirschner Wire,Kirschner Wires,Bone Wire,Wire, Bone,Wire, Kirschner,Wires, Bone,Wires, Kirschner
D003258	Consumer Behavior	Behavior associated with the procurement of goods, services, or experiences.	Consumer Preference,Consumer Satisfaction,Behavior, Consumer,Behaviors, Consumer,Consumer Behaviors,Consumer Preferences,Preference, Consumer,Preferences, Consumer,Satisfaction, Consumer
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006215	Hallux Valgus	Lateral displacement of the great toe (HALLUX), producing deformity of the first METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT with callous, bursa, or BUNION formation over the bony prominence.	Hallux Abductovalgus