Age-adjusted baseline data for women with hallux valgus undergoing corrective surgery.

Background: Functional and health-related quality-of-life data on a population of patients with hallux valgus are lacking. Similarly, the correlation of the severity of the deformity with these measures is unknown.

Methods: Two hundred and eighty-five women with an average age of forty-nine years who were scheduled for bunion surgery were enrolled in the study.