Osteochondral Allograft Transplant for Degenerative Joint Disease of the First Metatarsophalangeal Joint: A Case Report.

The first metatarsophalangeal joint is the most common location for arthritis in the foot. Pain and limited mobility associated with arthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint are the hallmarks of this disease. Treatments include shoe modification, orthotic devices, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, injections, physical therapy, and surgery. Surgery has been the most perplexing, with surgical treatments ranging from simple ostectomies to fusion of the first metatarsophalangeal joint. Implant arthroplasty, with its various designs and techniques, has yet to be proven as the definitive solution for first metatarsophalangeal joint arthritis or hallux limitus (unlike the knee and hip). Interpositional arthroplasty and tissue-engineered cartilage grafts also have limitations when dealing with osteoarthritis and hallux limitus of the first metatarsophalangeal joint. In this case report, we present a 45-year-old woman with arthritis of the left first metatarsophalangeal joint who underwent surgical intervention by means of a frozen osteochondral allograft transplant to the first metatarsal head.

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