Osteoarthritis of the Big Toe? Don't Wait to Operate
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Joint surgery can do away with pain, restore much of mobility, and deliver results that sustain for decades.
Joint fusion surgery reduced walking pain in patients with foot arthritis compared with watchful waiting
A randomized controlled trial compared first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) arthrodesis, a joint fusion surgery for painful hallux rigidus (arthritis of the big toe joint), with watchful waiting in reducing walking pain.
Osteoarthritis of the Big Toe? Don't Wait to Operate
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with painful osteoarthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) -- aka the big toe -- would do better with immediate surgery than letting nature take its course, results of a randomized trial indicated...
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