[Metatarsus primus double osteotomy, a logical and non-disabling surgical technique for treatment of hallux valgus]

The procedure known as the Metatarsus Primus Double Osteotomy ("L'ostéotomie métatarsienne bipolaire" of Schnepp-Carret) for the treatment of the hallux valgus is a logical, efficient and non-mutilating procedure. The technique consists in reducing the hallux valgus deformity by a subcapital bone wedge resection of the metatarsus primus. The bone wedge is then pinched into a second proximal osteotomy of the metatarsus primus, correcting the varus deformity in a valgus direction. This procedure is little known and is not even mentioned in the classic orthopedic literature of German and English language.