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Osteoid Osteoma Surgical Treatment
The osteoma is a benign osseous tumor the origin of which is in the bone cortical. Statistically, it develops more in the bones that morphologically longer in young males. They are slow growth tumors and according to bibliographies, they are painless. (They are described like this from the point of view that they are uncommon […]
MAKING OF TRANSMETATARSAL PROSTHESIS
The transmetatarsal amputation is one of the most surgical resections in foot. This kind of amputations are usually made as a consequence of serious infections –very frequent in diabetic patients-, vascular alterations and traumatisms from several causes. Sometimes, a transmetatarsal amputation is better than to keep rigid or deformed toes which may alter the correct […]
Overview of the rheumatoid foot
We define rheumatoid foot as the foot affected by inflammatory or rheumatic diseases in multiple joints. The most common symptoms the rheumatoid foot presents are: pain, stiffness, deformity and numbness. The most common rheumatic pathologies are: rheumatoid arthritis, arthrosis and psoriatic arthropathy. • Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic inflammatory malady of corrective tissue. It is […]
HALLUX VARUS: THE OPPOSITE MORPHOLOGY OF THE HALLUX VALGUS
The Hallux Varus is a deformity of the first radius which has a deviation of the great toe towards a medial or tibial direction. Visually, it is the antithesis of hallux valgus or bunion. We can see a supination of the great toe and a negative metatarsophalangeal angle. This anomaly has several causes: Functional: as […]
Hallux extensus: first toe deformity in the sagittal plane
The hallux extensus consists of the dorsiflexion or dorsal extension of the first radius. Its origin may be congenital or acquired and it is mainly caused by: a paralysis, involving brain-vascular accidents and neuromuscular diseases, among others; due to different types of alterations at the metatarsophalangeal and interphalangeal joint, such as the shortening of the […]
Hallux valgus: the most frequent structural alteration of the first radius
Hallux abductus valgus is a deformity affecting the metatarsophalangeal joint of the first radius of the foot as well as the sesamoids and first toe. It is characterized by the deviation of the first toe medial axis relative to the body and by rotation of the valgus. This causes a dislocation of the metatarsophalangeal joint, […]
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