title: Disorders of the lesser toes.
abstract: Lesser toe disorders are an often under-appreciated source of pain and disability in athletes. Patients may have significant symptoms from corns, hammertoe and mallet toe deformities, and metatarsalgia resulting from neuromas and metatarsophalangeal joint instability. Although patients may present with vague symptoms, a careful history and physical examination will point a clinician to an accurate diagnosis. Treatment of these lesser toe disorders is straightforward and leads to predictably good results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, 92103-8894, USA. batsmithmd@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Bertil W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Coughlin
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D002145:Callosities / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D037801:Hammer Toe Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D037061:Metatarsalgia / Q000453:epidemiology; D009463:Neuroma / Q000453:epidemiology; D014033:Toe Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology