The increasing medicolegal cost in the care of high-level athletes.

Background: Medical malpractice represents a significant economic cost in health care. Increasingly large damage claims by professional athletes against physicians have raised concerns about the medicolegal challenges in caring for high-level athletes.

Methods: An online proprietary legal research database was queried for lawsuits related to malpractice in the care of professional and amateur athletes from 1992 to 2023.

Correction of metatarsus primus varus with an opening wedge plate: a review of 18 procedures.

Unlabelled: The opening base wedge osteotomy is a safe and useful surgical alternative for correction of moderate to severe hallux valgus deformities with substantial metatarsus primus varus. The authors combine the modified McBride bunionectomy with a proximal first metatarsal opening base wedge osteotomy. Osteotomy stabilization was achieved without bone grafting with a titanium fixation plate specifically designed for opening proximal osteotomies.