Affiliation:
1. Researcher of the Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology University of Modena, Italy. To whom requests for reprints should be addressed at Clinica Ortopedica Policlinico, Largo del Pozzo 70, 41100 Modena, Italy.
Abstract
A biological arthroplastic interposition is described for hallux rigidus, in which the rolled plantaris tendon is positioned at the base of the first phalanx. Eleven patients, for a total of 12 feet, underwent surgery using this technique. The average follow-up was 21 months. In all patients, pain and supination gait disappeared. The average metatarsal motion increased 44° in dorsiflexion. The tendon packet seems to be a good biological spacer, because it adapts and models itself to the new joint function.
Subject
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Surgery
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