title: The two-boned fifth toe: clinical implications.
abstract: Eighty operations on the fifth toe in 59 patients were retrospectively reviewed to determine the effect of skeletal variation on the occurrence of pathological conditions requiring surgery. The two-boned fifth toe occurred in 60% of the operated group. This is statistically significant (P < .05) as compared with 45% in our prospective control group. Our results support the theory that the stiffer two-boned fifth toe predisposes it to increased pathology, which includes hammertoes, interdigital and dorsal corns, and clawtoes.
authors.affiliation: St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York 10019, USA.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014034:Toes / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery