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Proximal MT Osteotomy Wheeless (Visit this link)
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
indicated for moderate to severe deformities (HV angle of 13 to 20 deg);
- proximal osteotomy may be combined w/ other hallux valgus reconstructive procedures such as Silver procedure
(resection of medial eminence) or a Mcbride type of soft tissue release;
- inadvertent dorsiflexion of the first metatarsal shold be avoided because this dorsiflexion will
cause a dorsal bunion and transfer metatarsalgia to the second metatarsal;
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