Akin Osteotomy With or Without Fixation

The act to AKIN is osteotomy in percutaneous; This technique can be performed with or without fixation, and both methods make reference in the literature. With fixation method to get rid of the risk of loss of the surgical reduction of the misalignment, but requires an additional surgical procedure marked by the implementation of a percutaneous cannulated screw on part of the osteotomy. Without fixing method allows to get rid of this gesture, and risk a possible annoys by osteo-synthesis material. Surgical dressings of surgery of hallux valgus allow to keep the reduction for 15 days. Both techniques give excellent results and are performed in our service of routinely.