Keller's operation

Keller's operation
an operation for hallux valgus (see also bunion) or hallux rigidus. It involves excision of the base of the first (proximal) phalanx of the big toe; the gap thus created fills with fibrous tissue. The toe will be slightly shorter and floppy.
W. L. Keller (1874-1959), US surgeon

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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