Treatment of capsulitis of little toe with minimal incisional osteotomy and manipulations.
- Author:
Si CHEN
1
;
Jian-min WEN
;
Wei-dong SUN
;
Chun-qiang BI
;
Yong-sheng SUN
;
Ke-wei JIANG
;
Zhao LIANG
;
Ting CHENG
;
Hai-wei HU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bunion, Tailor's; surgery; Female; Humans; Male; Manipulation, Orthopedic; methods; Middle Aged; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; Osteotomy; methods; Toes; surgery
- From: China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2009;22(3):180-182
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo study therapeutic effects of capsulitis of little toe treated with minimal incisional osteotomy and manipulations procedures.
METHODSFrom 2003.7 to 2008.6, 90 patients (160 feet) with capsulitis of little toe including 3 male (5 foot) and 87 female (155 foot) ranging in age from 17 to 76 years(average of 49.2 years).The average medical history was 10.1 years ranging from 1 to 32 years. All patients with capsulitis of little toe were treated with minimal incisional osteotomy and manipulations procedures adopting the modified Coughlin standard to evaluation.
RESULTSAll patients were followed up, the duration of follow-up raunged from 3 to 36 months with averagement of 15.7 months. According to the modified Coughlin standard, 80 cases obtained an excellent result, 8 good, 2 fair and 0 poor, the effective rate was 97.8%. However,two patients were found delayed union after operation, the distal fragments healed following the time of fixation were delayed.
CONCLUSIONThe treatment of capsulitis of little toe with minimal incisional osteotomy and manipulations procedures is easy to operate and its therapeutic effect is convincing.
