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Surgery for hallux valgus. The expectations of patients and surgeons

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Two-hundred patients who had undergone surgery for hallux valgus were interviewed in an attempt to study the different variables which may have contributed to the success of their surgery. These data were compared to the results obtained by using clinically applied scores. To obtain data on surgeons' expectations, 186 members of two national orthopaedic foot societies were interviewed in order to quantify the importance and value of these variables in prognosis. The main interest of the patients is a painless great toe which, when wearing conventional shoes, gives no problems. They also wish to have their bursitis and bunion treated in order to regain their ability to walk as much as they wish. Surgeons are not only specially interested in pain and shoe problems but also in restoring an adequate range of motion in the metatarsophalangeal joint (MTP), removal of the bunion and the treatment of tender callosities. We found that the correction of footwear problems, alleviation of pain and restoration of adequate walking are the most important factors influencing the outcome of surgery. It was surprising that these expectations are only partly revealed by using clinical foot scores.

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Nous avons demandé à 200 patients d'apprécier des variables différentes par rapport à la chirurgie pour Hallux Valgus. Nous avons comparé les réponses aux résultats des scores cliniques appliqués aux mêmes patients. Enfin 186 chirurgiens orthopédistes qui étaient aussi membres de sociétés orthopédiques du pied ont été interviewés pour répartir l'importance des variables. L'intérêt principal des malades est un premier orteil indolore, sans problème avec des des chaussures conventionnelles. Les malades désiraient le traitement de la bursite et de l'oignon pour retrouver une capacité de la marche illimitée. Les chirurgiens se sont intéressés à la douleur et au problème du port de la chaussure, mais aussi à la mobilité de l'articulation MP, la disparition de l'oignon et des callosités plantaires. Résumer ces données et la corrélation de variables simples aux scores cliniques avec les problèmes de la chaussure, les douleurs et la distance de marche ont le plus haut impact sur le résultat de la chirurgie du premier orteil. Ces attentes sont reflétées seulement en partie dans les scores cliniques du pied.

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Schneider, W., Knahr, K. Surgery for hallux valgus. The expectations of patients and surgeons. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 25, 382–385 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002640100289

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