The problem of hallux valgus (HV) surgery remains actual. There are some unresolved social and medical issues in particular: great widening of HV, patient’s unsatisfaction of cosmetic and functional results, imperfection of classifications, discrepancy between surgeon’s and patient’s expectations from surgery. The possibility of using the Manchester Grading Scale can correctly bypass the methodological imperfection of classifications grounded on biological parameters. A conclusion was drawn about the necessity of comparative studies concerning the effectiveness of surgical methods.

Lyabakh Andriy Petrovych, Head of the Department of Foot Pathology and Complex Prosthetics. Doctor of Medical Sciences. He carries out significant public work - he is the Secretary General of the Ukrainian Association of Orthopedics and Traumatologists and the head of its Kyiv branch, a member of the specialized academic council for the defense of dissertations, a scientific editor of the journal “Bulletin of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Prosthetics”, and a member of the advisory board of the Ukrainian Peace Council.

Author of more than 250 published works, 35 inventions, 17 methodological recommendations and 6 monographs. Prepared 7 candidates of medical sciences. Laureate of the National Prize of Ukraine named after Boris Paton in the field of science and technology.

Since the beginning of the Russian Federation's military operations against Ukraine (since 2014), it has been actively participating in advisory and surgical assistance to wounded military personnel and civilians.