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Whilst a bunion deformity of the first ray may take precedence in size and physical disfigurement; it may be no more painful or inconvenient than a fifth ray bunion for the patient. The ratio of literature between bunions and bunionettes would suggest that a tailor's bunion is of little...

A bunionette is similar to a bunion, but on the outside of the foot. It is sometimes referred to as a tailor's bunion due to the fact that tailors once sat cross legged all day with the outside edge of their feet rubbing on the ground. This produced a pressure... Highly Reputable

JBJS VOLUME 83-A · NUMBER 7 · JULY 2001 BY MANJUNATH KOTI, MS(AIIMS), DNB(ORTH), FRCS(GLAS), AND NICOLA MAFFULLI, MD, MS, PHD, FRCS(ORTH) ➤The bunionette, or tailor’s bunion, is a painful osseous prominence on the lateral aspect of the head of the fifth metatarsal. This prominence occurs in many individuals but seldom causes...

Authors Brown, Cullen & Ferris
Synonyms and related keywords: tailor's bunion, fifth metatarsalgia, opposite side bunion
A bunionette is a painful prominence on the lateral aspect of the fifth metatarsal head. While not as common as a medial bunion, it is a cause of chronic pain and shoe-fitting problems in individuals whose...

Pathological anatomy
The bunionette deformity is a prominence of the fifth metatarsal head, usually with medial deviation of the fifth toe. It is associated with
* wide fifth metatarsal head (Fallat and Bucholz 1980, Leach and Igou 1975) – Coughlin found this in 8/30 in his surgical series,...

bunionette deformity may be created by wide 4-5 intermetatarsal angle;
- symptomatic plantar callus is 2nd to concomitant plantar flexion of the fifth metatarsal;
- soft corn caused by the pressure of the bone of the proximal phalanx of 5th...

Hohmann-Thomasen metatarsal osteotomy for tailor's bunion (bunionette)
JBJS A Vol 71, Issue 3 423-426, MS Steinke and KL Boll Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Holstebro Hospital, Denmark.
We used subcapital displacement osteotomy of the fifth metatarsal bone and peg-and-hole fixation to treat a tailor's bunion (bunionette) in forty-four feet (twenty-seven patients). The result was...

GUIDELINE TITLE Metatarsalgia/intractable plantar keratosis/Tailor's bunion. BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S) * Academy of Ambulatory Foot and Ankle Surgery. Metatarsalgia/intractable plantar keratosis/Tailor's bunion. Philadelphia (PA): Academy of Ambulatory Foot and Ankle Surgery; 2003. 6 p. [26 references]
INTENDED USERS Podiatrists
GUIDELINE OBJECTIVE(S) To provide recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of metatarsalgia, intractable plantar keratosis, and...