RESEARCH ARTICLE
Modified Wilson’s Osteotomy for Hallux Valgus Deformity. A New Approach
Konstantinos C Xarchas*, Dimitrios Mavrolias , Georgios Kyriakopoulos
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2014Volume: 8
First Page: 361
Last Page: 367
Publisher ID: TOORTHJ-8-361
DOI: 10.2174/1874325001408010361
Article History:
Received Date: 3/2/2014Revision Received Date: 15/9/2014
Acceptance Date: 17/9/2014
Electronic publication date: 17 /10/2014
Collection year: 2014

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Abstract
We introduce a new set of modifications and present the results from 48 patients (a total of 60 feet operated), who underwent this modified Wilson’s osteotomy for the correction of Hallux Valgus. Patients were of an average age of 52 years old (from 21 to 75 years of age) and were followed up for a mean of 12 months post-operatively. Patient evaluation was made with the symptom scoring system as presented by Kataraglis et al., with the final outcome being satisfactory in all of the cases. This set of modifications introduced to the original Wilson’s osteotomy, proved to offer a stable, predictable and satisfactory outcome in all cases and we strongly recommend it.