EXPERIENCE OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BROAD FOREFOOT
The aim of the article is the improvement treatment outcomes of patients with broad forefoot by applying a new method surgical intervention. The article investigates the results of surgical treatment of 47 patients with broad forefoot caused by fan-shaped divergence of the metatarsal bones. Correction of transverse arch is used as a new way of surgical treatment. Evaluation of treatment results was performed by using algofunctional scale, the measurement of the angles of the foot on radiographs and functional methods of examination of patients in the pre- and postoperative period (12 months after surgery). This is done with the accordance to the principles of evidence-based medicine. Good and satisfactory clinical results were achieved in 43 patients (91.5 %), treatment resulted in pain relieving, the loss of lameness,the full restoration of the limb support function. This given example describes the results of the treatment with the use of the new method.