The purpose of this study is to dofine the indications for a modified Mitchell's procedure in hallux valgus. 42 feet corrected with this procedure were followed up for an avarage 2 years and 10 months.
We reviewed each patient's postoperative result individually and measured the hallux valgus angle, the intermetatarsal angle and the tibial sesamoid position from the radiographs.
We obtained good subjective results when the hallux valgus angle before surgery was less than 45 degrees.
There was a correlation between the hallux valgus angle before surgery and at follow up.
As mentioned above, a good indication for the modified Mitchell's procedure is less than 45 degrees of hallux valgus before surgery.
