Early Weight Bearing Tarsometatarsal Fusion Study

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient has signed the Institutional Review Board approved informed consent form specific to this study prior to enrollment * Failure of conservative treatment (i.e. non-surgical action, consisting of footwear modification in the form of shoes with wide toe boxes, padded inserts, activity modifications and pain control medications) * Patients who underwent Lapidus procedure with or without other procedures of the first ray (i.e., muscle-tendon procedures, distal metatarsal osteotomy, Akin procedure) * Patient older than 18 years of age * Patient is able to give informed consent * Patient is independent, ambulatory, and agrees to comply with all postoperative visits Exclusion Criteria: * Patient has a pre-existing condition which may cause impairment of healing and bone fusion * Any significant pathology that, in the opinion of investigator, makes the patient unsuitable for study * Patients who underwent Lapidus arthrodesis in conjunction with other procedures that did not focus on the first pedal ray with the exception of harvesting autogenous ipsilateral calcaneal bone graft