title: Role of toe flexor tendoscopy in management of an unusual cause of metatarsalgia.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to describe an endoscopic approach to toe flexor tendons at the level of metatarsal head region. And this study is a kind of retrospective case series. Three patients with toe flexor tenosynovitis were evaluated after a follow-up of 2 years after toe flexor tendoscopy. One patient suffered from infective toe flexor tendosynovitis resulting from a penetrating injury and other two patients suffered from idiopathic focal toe flexor tenosynovitis. Pre-operative metatarsalgia subsided after toe flexor tendoscopy. No endoscopy-related complication was observed. Toe flexor tendoscopy can be an effective operative means in the management of focal toe flexor tenosynovitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, North District Hospital, 9 Po Kin Road, HKSAR, Sheung Shui, China. luithderek@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Tun Hing
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lui
authors.forename: Hung Tsan
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D037061:Metatarsalgia / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000601:surgery*