by Vince Vacketta, DPM To examine whether adding a second metatarsal shortening (Weil) osteotomy is truly needed to address transfer metatarsalgia in patients undergoing first MTPJ arthrodesis, a new study compared outcomes between patients who had first MTPJ fusions alone and those who received the fusion combined with a second metatarsal Weil osteotomy. Study results A second metatarsal Weil osteotomy is not needed Pain and functional outcomes were similar between both gro

Cartiva was marketed as "synthetic cartilage replacement" for the first MTP. With great fanfare, this technology was acquired by Wright...