Operations on the Lapidus and instability of the first metatarsal in patiens with rheuimatoid arthritis

Abstract

In patients with rheumatoid arthritis is very often to release the joint between the first metatarsal and os cuneiforme, thus becoming the first metatarsal unstable. There is a varus deviation I.

MTT, which worsens valgus deviation of the hallux. One of the possibilities of surgical treatment is arthrodesis of the joint between the I.

MTT and os cuneiforme - operation by Lapidus.

Keywords

• Lapidus procedure
• rheumatoid arthritis
• hypermobility of the first metatars
• hallux valgus