Comment on Giannini et al.: A minimally invasive technique for surgical treatment of hallux valgus: simple, effective, rapid, inexpensive (SERI)
Comment on Giannini et al.: A minimally invasive technique for surgical treatment of hallux valgus: simple, effective, rapid, inexpensive (SERI)
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DOI:
10.1007/s00264-013-2209-6
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发表时间:
2014-03
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Gen-bin Wu;Yunfeng Yang;G. Yu;Bing Li
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作者:
Gen-bin Wu;Yunfeng Yang;G. Yu;Bing Li
Dear editor, We read the recent article entitled “A minimally invasive technique for surgical treatment of hallux valgus: simple, effective, rapid, inexpensive (SERI)” published in the September 2013 issue of International Orthopaedics by Giannini et al.[1] with great interest. They described a novel mini-invasive surgical technique for the treatment for hallux valgus (HV). They analysed a series of 1,000 consecutive cases of HV, surgically treated by the minimally invasive SERI technique, reporting results at mid-term follow-up. They concluded that the SERI technique was effective in treating mild to moderate HV patients in terms of relief from symptoms and functional improvement. However, there are some comments we would like to raise related to this article.First, it is accepted, to correct the HV deformity, a lateral soft tissue release should be performed first, which includes adductor hallucis attachment release, transverse metatarsal ligament release, metatarsalsesamoid ligament release and the lateral joint capsule release, which can reposition the displaced sesamoids and avoid recurrence of the HV deformities. However, the effect of the soft tissue procedure mentioned in this article, by manually stretching of the adductor hallucis