Role of lateral soft tissues release in percutaneous hallux valgus correction: A medium term retrospective study

Table 1 The main clinical and radiological features of patients included in the study preoperatively, at 6 mo, and at the last follow-up

	Preop		6 mo		Last follow-up
	Soft tissue release	No soft tissue release	Soft tissue release	No soft tissue release	Soft tissue release	No soft tissue release
HVA	22.4 ± 5.26	22.74 ± 5.5	11.11 ± 2.01	11.22 ± 1.86	12.06 ± 1.39	12.07 ± 1.32
IMA	12.6 ± 1	12.61 ± 0.98	8.14 ± 1.36	8.18 ± 1.33	8.930 ± 1.35	8.99 ± 1.34
ROM	101.94 ± 9.64	102.46 ± 9.9	104.47 ± 7.9	106.28 ± 7.24	104.70 ± 6.07	105.96 ± 6.4
AOFAS	68.08 ± 8.51	67.95 ± 8.17	88.95 ± 8	88.79 ± 8	90.58 ± 6.3	90.37 ± 6.41
VAS	4.41 ± 1.12	4.42 ± 1.14	1.28 ± 1.01	1.39 ± 0.99	0.93 ± 0.76	0.99 ± 0.74

HVA: Hallux valgus angle; IMA: Intermetatarsal angle; ROM: Range of motion; AOFAS: American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society; VAS: Visual analog scale.