Hallux Varus (Subscribe)  

J. A. MILLS, M. B. MENELAUS From the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
We reviewed 12 patients with congenital hallux varus who had had operations on 20 feet to enable them to wear normal shoes and to improve the appearance. After an average follow-up of 12.7 years the results of soft...

Am J Hum Genet. 1972 November; 24(6 Pt 1): 694–701. Joe C. Christian, Kyu S. Cho, Edmund A. Franken, and Barry H. Thompson

ALLAN M. BOIKE GLORIA CHRISTIN Hallux varus resulting from both iatrogenic and idio- pathic causes has been reported throughout the po- diatric and orthopedic literature. Although hallux varus acquired as a complication of bunion surgery occurs much more frequently, those unique cases of congenital deformity may occasionally present to a...

Clinical signs
Autosomal recessive inheritance
Metatarsus adductus
Wide space between 1st-2nd toes
Broad/bifid great toe
Clinodactyly of fifth finger
Preaxial polydactyly of toes
Syndactyly of toes

Source: Clinical Practice Guideline First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Disorders Panel. Diagnosis and treatment of first metatarsophalangeal joint disorders. J Foot Ankle Surg 2003 May-Jun;42(3):112-54.

Hallux varus is most commonly due to over-correction of hallux valgus. The following technical errors predispose to over-correction:
* over-release of the lateral capsule of the 1st MTP joint
* over-resection of the medial eminence of the 1st MT head
*...

The term hallux varus refers to medial deviation of the great toe. Hallux varus has variable degrees of severity, symptomatology, and etiology. Causes range from the most common iatrogenic postoperative variety to idiopathic, rheumatic, and posttraumatic (tear of the hallux lateral collateral ligament) forms. Flexible hallux varus is a common...

Diagnostic Dilemmas: How To Manage Postoperative Hallux Varus - By Justin Franson, DPM, and Babak Baravarian, DPM
Chances are, you have seen patients present to your office with pain after undergoing a bunion surgery, which you may or may not have performed. If you were the operating surgeon, it is easy enough to...