Acute gouty arthritis in a first metatarsophalangeal joint replaced with a flexible-hinge implant: a case report

Use of the flexible-hinge, double-stemmed implant has eliminated many of the complications that followed correction of an arthritic first metatarsophalangeal joint caused by hallux valgus. There were no reports in the literature of acute gout after this type of correction. The authors present such a case in a patient with a history of gout, and they suggest that, when a synovectomy is performed in a patient with gouty arthritis, the joint should be freed of synovial tissue in which a uric acid crystal-induced synovitis could occur.