ALLMedicine™ Bunion Center

Mar 5th, 2023 - Tailors bunions are common forefoot deformities affecting the fifth MPJ, with challenging symptomatology often resistant to conservative care. Currently no gold standard exists for the surgical management of tailor's bunions, although the scarf os...

Feb 23rd, 2023 - The relationship between pain/disability and angular deviation of the hallux valgus (HV), and the impact of orthotic use, laterality, and pain variability on treatment outcomes remain unclear. This was explored in post hoc analyses of a placebo-co...

Feb 16th, 2023 - Arthrodesis of the great toe joint is a valuable procedure for hallux valgus deformities. The primary aim of this study was to determine nonunion rates of a first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) arthrodesis for bunion deformity. This was a retros...

Jan 20th, 2023 - There is rapidly growing interest in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) of the foot and ankle. Technological advances, specifically with the advent of low-speed high-torque burrs, have enabled the expansion of MIS techniques. Accordingly, there is g...

Jan 4th, 2023 - Hallux valgus (HV) is a common clinical deformity of the forefoot, primarily a deformity of the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint in which the bunion is deflected laterally relative to the 1st metatarsal, often in combination with a medial bunion or p...

Jun 21st, 2022 - The Nexis® screw system is a range of osteosynthesis screws for the foot. Nexis® Bunion Screws are Class IIb implantable medical devices. The primary objective of the study is to confirm the performance and effectiveness of the device under invest...

May 4th, 2022 - There is an unmet demand for surgical services in Ontario. The situation worsens as the population ages(9). Ontario healthcare costs account for a staggering 40% of the provincial budget(1).Provincial budget deficits mean an influx of healthcare r...

Mar 24th, 2021 - Introduction: Rehabilitation plans after hallux valgus/bunion surgery is varied From a patient's perspective, full weight bearing is paramount for quality of life and return to work/study No high-level study showing the optimal time to resume full...

Nov 1st, 2019 - Device/fluoroscopy measurements of arch motion and questionnaire data will be acquired on 10 women undergoing surgery for bunion, and 10 controls. Surgery will implant hardware to fuse (stabilize) the arch. Methods will evaluate the patient's prob...

Jul 15th, 2019 - Forefoot surgery includes bunion surgery and similar reconstructive bone cutting surgery and is very painful. Local anaesthetic nerve blocks have been used for many years to help alleviate pain following this surgery. The present study aims to com...

Aug 10th, 2020 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the intravenous (IV) opioid oliceridine (Olinvyk) for the management of moderate to severe acute pain in adults who require an IV opioid and for whom alternative treatments fail. The FDA's Ane...

Apr 21st, 2016 - The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee voted yesterday to recommend premarket approval of the Cartiva Synthetic Cartilage Implant for use in patients wit...

Dec 15th, 2015 - A 47-year-old patient fainted during a transcranial magnetic stimulation session. (BMC Neurology) The FDA has avoided another free-speech ruling on off-label promotion by settling with drugmaker Pacira. The company sued the FDA after the agency tr...

Jun 15th, 2012 - The FP diagnosed a hard corn secondary to the hammer-toe deformity. Corns can be seen on a non-weight-bearing surface, such as the dorsal proximal interphalangeal joints in patients with hammer-toe deformity.

Jun 8th, 2012 - FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2 FIGURE 3 The family physician (FP) easily diagnosed a bunion deformity (FIGURE 1); an x-ray showed medial angulation of the first metatarsal and lateral deviation of the hallux (FIGURE 2). Commonly associated signs that accompany.