Impact of Preoperative Metatarsus Adductus on Surgical Correction after Triplanar Tarsometatarsal Arthrodesis

Metatarsat Osteotomy for the Correction of Metatarsus Adductus

The pediatric/adolescent patient with the deformity metatarsus adductus, represents an entirely different set of circumstances from a surgical standpoint than does the adult patient. ln dealing with a pediatric deformity there exists many more surgical variables. An individual with metatarsus adductus as a primary deformity will have greater expectations from treatment than will the patient tha...

The management of metatarsus adductus et supinatus.

Forty-three patients with 69 feet affected by isolated metatarsus adductus et supinatus were reviewed. Of these, 20 patients (with 31 involved feet) had been treated expectantly and spontaneous resolution had occurred with time. The remaining 23 patients (with 38 feet) had required anteromedial release; the operative technique is described. Excellent results were uniformly achieved in both grou...

Reduction of the intermetatarsal angle after first metatarsophalangeal joint arthrodesis in patients with moderate and severe metatarsus primus adductus.

A radiographic review of first metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ) arthrodesis in patients who had preoperative intermetatarsal angles greater than 15 degrees is presented. The average reduction of the intermetatarsal angle was measured. Twenty-one patients with 22 fusions, with ages ranging from 43 to 79 years old, underwent first MPJ arthrodesis with screw or pin fixation as determined appropriat...

Metatarsus adductus in two brothers with Aarskog syndrome.

Impact of preoperative symptoms on survival after surgical correction of organic mitral regurgitation: rationale for optimizing surgical indications.

BACKGROUND Surgical correction of mitral regurgitation in patients with no or mild symptoms remains controversial, particularly because the impact of preoperative symptoms on postoperative outcome is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS The long-term outcome of 478 patients with organic mitral regurgitation (199 in NYHA functional class I/II and 279 in class III/IV before surgery) operated on between...