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This procedure is performed to straighten the joint or joints of the toe. If you are suffering from big toe deformities or smaller toe deformities such as mallet toe, claw toe and hammer toe, you may require toe fusion surgery.
The type of surgery performed will depend on the problem with your toes and may involve releasing or lengthening tendons, putting joints back into place, straightening a toe and changing the shape of a bone. Your surgeon may fix the toes in place with wires or tiny screws.
Hammertoe surgery (also known as hammertoe correction) is an outpatient procedure that is used to straighten the toe joint that is stuck in a painful flexed position. The type of reconstructive surgery that you have will depend on how easily your toe can be straightened during your physical examination.
Surgery to correct hammer toe involves moving tendons and occasionally involves removing part of the bone. Hammer toe surgery can be performed in our state-of-the-art podiatry offices throughout Ohio.
5 sie 2023 · Hammertoe surgery is a procedure to correct a deformity in the second, third, or fourth toe—a bend at the middle joint that makes the toe look like a claw or hammer. The surgery is performed to lessen pain or improve flexibility when the muscles in the toe can’t stretch and straighten.
Hammer toe, claw toe or mallet toe correction surgery will straighten the affected toe and is the only way to permanently correct these conditions in severe cases. Surgery will restore proper alignment in the joint either by removing bony lumps, adjusting or removing the joint or altering the tendons to straighten them.
Call us or visit our website to make an appointment with one of our podiatrists or orthopedists. Call UnaSource Surgery Center. An arthroplasty is used to straighten misshapen toes and restore proper function, which can alleviate discomfort.
