title: Tendon Transfers for Management of Digital and Lesser Metatarsophalangeal Joint Deformities.
abstract: Managing digital and metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) deformities can range from simple to complex and uniplanar to triplanar. Because of the complexity and variability of digital and MTPJ deformities, there are many procedures, and no 1 procedure has become the gold standard. Tendon transfers for digital and MTPJ deformities are just 1 treatment option, and usually they are not stand-alone procedures. Typically, a combination of procedures needs to be performed. This article describes the surgical technique and provides a review of the literature, including clinical results for tendon transfers of the central rays.
authors.affiliation: Private Practice, Pee Dee Foot Center, 402 Nelson Boulevard, Suite 300, Kingstree, SC 29556, USA. Electronic address: mbutter@ftc-i.net.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Butterworth
mesh_terms: D037801:Hammer Toe Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008683:Metatarsophalangeal Joint / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Flexor tendon transfer; Hammertoe; Metatarsophalangeal joint; Plantar plate; Predislocation syndrome