[Sagittal load-bearing tomography of the forefoot and static metatarsalgia]

We describe the use of weight-bearing foot tomograms. The outline of the food is drawn so as the axes of the metatarsal beyond the toes on the AP plain radiogram and the tomograms are done successively on each metatarsal. This morphological, but also functional, analysis enables exact diagnosis of excessive loading on the metatarsal head. This procedure is used in case of metatarsalgia with normal metatarsal length and in late post-traumatic sequellae of the forefoot. Surgical correction can then be precisely performed.