Forefoot Reconstruction

• Main Author: Barouk, Louis Samuel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Paris : Springer Paris : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
• Edition: Second edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Conservative Orthopedics.; Surgical Orthopedics.

For a long time, forefoot surgery had many disadvantages including a painful postoperative period and recurrence of deformities. New techniques – notably Scarf, the first metatarsal osteotomy and the Weil osteotomy of the lesser metatarsal – provide a significant improvement in the treatment of stat...

Table of Contents:

• The Procedures
• Scarf and Great Toe Osteotomies in the Treatment of Hallux Valgus
• The Weil Lesser Metatarsal Osteotomy
• The BRT Proximal Metatarsal Osteotomy
• Soft Tissue Procedures in Forefoot Surgery
• Gastrocnemius Proximal Release (GPR)
• Use of the “20” Memory Staple in Osteotomies of Fusions of the Forefoot
• The Button Temporary Spacer
• The Main Forefoot Pathologies
• The Different Types of Hallux Valgus Deformity
• Hammer and Claw Toe of the Lesser Rays
• Metatarsalgia
• MTP Joint Dislocation of the Lesser Rays
• Impairment of the Lesser MTP Joints (Excluding Rheumatoid Lesion)
• Lesser Toes Transverse Deformity
• The Second Ray Pathology
• Some Pathologies of the Fifth Ray
• Lesser Metatarsal Aplasia (Congenital Brachi Metatarsal)
• Severe Forefoot Disorders
• Rheumatoid Forefoot
• Some aspects of surgery for hallux limitus
• Surgical Management in Forefoot Reconstruction
• Preoperative Management
• Intraoperative Management
• Postoperative Management
• Revision in Forefoot Surgery
• Eight Principles of Forefoot Reconstruction
• First Principle
• Second Principle
• Third Principle
• Fourth Principle
• Fifth Principle
• Sixth Principle
• Seventh Principle
• Eighth Principle.