1. Bunion Surgery (for severe bunions)
Rhode Island Foot Care, Inc.

2. What is a Bunion?
20o 1o

3. 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

4. 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

5. Severe Bunions…
IM over 14o
Hypermobility
25o

6. Closing Base Wedge Bunion bump is removed
A wedge is removed from the metatarsal.
The osteotomy is closed and held together with screws

7. Lapidus

8. Lapidus

9. Opening Base Wedge Requires bone graft
Only to be used with short 1st metatarsal

12. Thank You !!