{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} A Modified Technique for the Treatment of Severe Adolescent Hallux Valgus: A Modification of the First Metatarsal Double Osteotomy

Activity Steps

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Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Evaluate adolescent hallux valgus, including how to interpret history and physical exam findings as well as a complete radiographic assessment.
  2. Appreciate the previously described techniques to address AHV and the associated complications/limitations of those techniques.
  3. Describe the steps of our modified technique and the advantages and disadvantages that this technique offers

Disclosures

The authors, faculty and staff in a position to control the content of this CME activity and their spouses/life partners (if any) have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with, or financial interest in, any commercial organizations pertaining to this educational activity.

Price: $10.00

Credits:

  • ACCME 1.0 CME

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planner
Professions: Physician
Test Code: TFAS0618
Published: June 2018
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Techniques in Foot & Ankle Surgery
Required Passing Score: 4/5 (80%)
Authors: Jason Klein, MD, Erik Zachwieja, MD, Chester Donnally, III, MD, Amiethab Aiyer, MD, and Avi Baitner, MD
Categories: Foot and Ankle
Specialties: Surgery
Topics: Adolescent Hallux Valgus , Metatarsal Double Osteotomy