Bunion Surgery (for severe bunions) Rhode Island Foot Care, Inc.
What is a Bunion? 20o 1o
Reverdin-Laird Reverdin Youngswick Vogler Austin Decompressional Scarf Keller Ludloff Reverdin-Laird Reverdin Youngswick Vogler Opening Base Wedge Cheilectomy Saggital plane Z Akin Austin Mau Decompressional Kalish Mcbride Arcuate Lapidus Reverdin-Green Implant Reverdin-Todd Closing Base Wedge
Bunion Surgery (mild bunion) Requirements: IM angle less than 14o Minimal arthritis Reasonable bone quality With 50% translation, Maximum correction is 60 for males, 50for females
Severe Bunions… IM over 14o Hypermobility 25o
Closing Base Wedge Bunion bump is removed A wedge is removed from the metatarsal. The osteotomy is closed and held together with screws
Lapidus
Lapidus
Opening Base Wedge Requires bone graft Only to be used with short 1st metatarsal
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