Surgery – Miscellaneous – Methods
Patent
1994-09-12
1996-06-25
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Miscellaneous
Methods
606 72, A61B 1900
Patent
active
055290752
ABSTRACT:
A method is described to repair hallux valgus which involves a medial incision as the primary incision, mechanical stabilization of the first and second metatarsals during and after a proximal chevron osteotomy of the first metatarsal shaft, reorientation of the metatarsal segments to compensate for hallux valgus, and stabilization of the reoriented metatarsal during healing by insertion of a fixation device which may be removed later with little trauma to surrounding tissues. The fixation device comprises an elongated, relatively rigid stabilizing member of biocompatible material sized to pass from the medial side of the first metatarsal through the first and second metatarsals and out the lateral side of the second metatarsal, and two retainer members cooperating with the segments of the stabilizing member, medial to the first metatarsal and lateral to the second, adapted to prevent migration of the stabilizing member as the wound is healing.
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Markow Scott B.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
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