TY - JOUR
T1 - Bony mallet toe of the hallux treated with screws
T2 - a case report
AU - Tomizuka, Yoshiaki
AU - Nagao, Soya
AU - Tanimoto, Koji
AU - Okugawa, Kana
AU - Shiraishi, Hiroko
AU - Iwama, Genki
AU - Kinoshita, Tomonori
AU - Suruga, Makoto
AU - Lee, Hyunho
AU - Nakanishi, Kazuyoshi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2023/10/1
Y1 - 2023/10/1
N2 - Traumatic avulsion fracture of the distal phalanx of the hallux, known as the bony mallet toe of the hallux, is rare, and there is no consensus regarding its treatment. Few reports of treatment methods exist, such as nonsurgical treatment using a splint, Kirschner wires, and suture anchors, but there are no reports of screw fixation. We describe the case of a 54-year-old man with a bony mallet toe of the hallux treated with screws and augmented with strong sutures. The interphalangeal joint of the hallux was fixed with a Kirschner wire for 4 weeks after surgery, and weight bearing was allowed on the hallux 5 weeks postoperatively. A total of 20 months after the surgery, the patient had no symptoms or complications. Because of screw fixation and augmentation with strong sutures, fixation strength increased. We showed the feasibility of this new technique for treating an uncommon bony mallet toe of the hallux.
AB - Traumatic avulsion fracture of the distal phalanx of the hallux, known as the bony mallet toe of the hallux, is rare, and there is no consensus regarding its treatment. Few reports of treatment methods exist, such as nonsurgical treatment using a splint, Kirschner wires, and suture anchors, but there are no reports of screw fixation. We describe the case of a 54-year-old man with a bony mallet toe of the hallux treated with screws and augmented with strong sutures. The interphalangeal joint of the hallux was fixed with a Kirschner wire for 4 weeks after surgery, and weight bearing was allowed on the hallux 5 weeks postoperatively. A total of 20 months after the surgery, the patient had no symptoms or complications. Because of screw fixation and augmentation with strong sutures, fixation strength increased. We showed the feasibility of this new technique for treating an uncommon bony mallet toe of the hallux.
KW - augmentation with strong suture
KW - bony mallet toe of hallux
KW - screw fixation
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U2 - 10.1093/jscr/rjad596
DO - 10.1093/jscr/rjad596
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85183305159
SN - 2042-8812
VL - 2023
JO - Journal of Surgical Case Reports
JF - Journal of Surgical Case Reports
IS - 10
M1 - rjad596
ER -