2024年8月5日 · Mallet toe procedures include: Tenotomy. Tenotomy means surgery on a tendon. Sometimes, it’s also called a tendon release. With mallet toe, your flexor tendon has become too tight and contracted, pulling your toe under. Tenotomy releases the tension by puncturing it, dividing it or removing damaged pieces. Tendon transfer. An alternative ...

2023年4月6日 · To diagnose hammertoe or mallet toe, a health care provider inspects the foot. X-rays can help show the bones and joints of the feet and toes. But they're not always needed. For toes that can still unbend, roomier footwear and shoe inserts, called orthotics, or …

2021年6月7日 · Mallet Toe is a lesser toe deformity characterized by hyperflexion of the DIP joint. Diagnosis is made clinically with DIP joint hyperflexion with neutral PIP and MTP joints in a lesser toe. Treatment is a trial of nonoperative management with shoe modification and toe sleeves.

2023年7月13日 · A hammer toe is a potentially painful deformity of the second, third, or fourth toes, where the toe bends upward at the joint, resembling a hammer. Surgery may help to fix a hammer toe.

2022年9月1日 · A mallet toe is a foot deformity that can develop from an injury or due to issues with a developmental imbalance. You may need surgery to fix a mallet toe.

The surgeon makes a small incision in the skin of your affected toe. This exposes the joint where your toe has bent. This is the distal interphalangeal joint, commonly called the "DIP" joint.

Surgeons often use phalangeal head resection to correct hammer, claw, and mallet toes. In this procedure, the surgeon removes part of one of the toe bones, the phalangeal head, so that the toe can lie flat. The affected tendons are cut and then reattached to conform to the new, correct toe position. A wire or tape holds...

The toe can become permanently bent, requiring surgery to straighten. Mallet toe can be caused by any condition or injury affecting the joints, such as arthritis. Diabetes also raises your risk. If you have ever stubbed, jammed or broken a toe, your risk for Mallet Toe increases.

2024年3月13日 · Surgery for mallet toe can be performed under local or regional block, and in appropriate patients, it can be performed on an outpatient or day-surgery basis.

Alliance Orthopedics offers comprehensive treatment options for mallet toe, ranging from non-invasive methods to surgical procedures. The type of treatment recommended will depend on the severity and underlying cause of your mallet toe.