Forefoot Reconstruction

The forefoot surgery has been for a long time not well known or presenting many inconvenients: postoperative period painful, recurrence of the deformities. The emerging of new techniques, notably the scarf firts metatarsal osteotomy, The Weil osteotomy of the lesser metatarsal, provides a dramatic improvement of the treatment of the static forefoot disorders, the great toe osteotomy has also been greatly improved. The author has introduced these techniques from USA in France since 1991, while developing and studying the corresponding implants and the postoperative period. In the other hand, he has developed the surgical management which makes the links between these different osteotomies. About 1000 surgeons in France and around the world are using these techniques, which are always tought.