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Springer Forefoot Reconstruction 2nd Edition 2005 Softbound by Louis-Samuel Barouk
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 static forefoot disorders. The great toe osteotomy has also been greatly improved. Since 1991, the author has introduced these techniques in many countries, while developing and studying the corresponding implants and the postoperative period. He has also developed surgical management techniques that bridge these different osteotomies. More than 1000 surgeons around the world are using these techniques, which are now widely taught. In this second edition of the book the general presentation is clearer and more pleasant and many pictures have been replaced. Several topics are emphasized, notably the great toe proximal phalanx osteotomy, the joint preservative surgery in severe forefoot disorders, including revision after failed bunionectomy and rheumatoid forefoot following the 'ms” point for an accurate and effective metatarsal shortening. Lastly, new procedures are exposed, particularly in Claw toe and hammer with the PIP plantar release and the surgery of the middle phalanx and also the Weil osteotomy of the first metatarsal in hallux limitus. 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.