Minimally Invasive Forefoot Surgery in Clinical Practice
Minimally Invasive Forefoot Surgery in Clinical Practice describes a number of the better established and accepted minimally invasive surgical correction techniques for forefoot problems, and is aimed at junior and general orthopedic surgeons who require
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Nicola Maffulli • Mark Easley Editors
Minimally Invasive Forefoot Surgery in Clinical Practice
Editors Nicola Maffulli Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine Mile End Hospital London
Mark Easley Duke Health Center Durham North Carolina USA
UK
ISBN 978-1-4471-4488-5 ISBN 978-1-4471-4489-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-4489-2 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht Library of Congress Control Number: 2012951636 © Springer-Verlag London 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Many of our patients hate their feet. Actually, it is not true: they hate their forefeet. It is the reason why so many procedures have been proposed to address deformities of the hallux and of the lesser toes! For example, just for hallux valgus some 140 operations have been described to correct it. The truth, when so many procedures are possible, is that none of them is fool proof. Also, traditional surgical techniques involve large incisions, and subsequent ugly scarring. Here come minimally invasive surgical correction techniques for forefoot problems. They have been around for a while, and have been popular in some parts of the world. They are becoming increasingly popular, and, while there is no evidence that they are ‘better’ than ‘traditional’ ones, the
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