This is a patient who is approximately eight months postoperative from an Austin/chevron bunionectomy and correction of plantar plate pathology with medial drift of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th toes at the MTPJs.
Typically, this would have involved large incisions, long recuperation and scarring with possible K-wires coming out of the toes. With appropriate minimally invasive surgery, the correction can be achieved via three small puncture wounds, appropriate equipment and a small portable X-ray machine. Note the three small puncture wound scars above the 2nd, 3rd and 4th MTPSs where, in the past, large incisions would be evident.
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