When walking, the patient rotated his lower extremities inward and limped on his left leg. There was an asymmetry of internal rotation (D > S) in his hip joints, a valgus deformity and shortening (1 ...
It can be found on just one or both feet. The bunion itself is a jelly-like bursa sac that develops over the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint as a result of a hallux valgus deformity of this ...
Some defects may be amenable to filling in with bone graft. In patients with varus or valgus deformities, excision of wedges of bone may allow for correction. In some cases, with stiff transverse ...