Specialist in Orthopedic surgery and Traumatology, FMH member
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The hallux valgus and its surgical treatment
The hallux valgus, commonly called an onion, is a protuberance at the base of the big toe, at the level of the first metatarsal. This deformation can be painful and disabling.
Close-up on his surgical treatment with Xavier Crevoisier, head of the Foot Center at Vaud University Hospital Center (CHUV), and Elyazid Mouhsine, orthopedic surgeon and traumatologist at Clinique de Genolier. A file by Stéphane Délétroz.