Hammer, claw, and mallet toes may come back after surgery.

What are the symptoms of hammer, claw, and mallet toes?

The mallet toe is a very similar issue which affects the distal joint area.

The success of surgery for hammer, claw, and mallet toes has not been widely studied.

What can I do at home to relieve symptoms of hammer, claw, and mallet toes?

Irritation and other feet problems may develop without special footwear to accommodate the mallet toe.

A mallet toe often happens to the second toe, but it may happen in the other toes as well.

You can treat hammer, claw, and mallet toes at home by doing the following:

Mallet toe is a similar condition affecting the distal interphalangeal joint.

Have surgery for hammer, claw, or mallet toes.

Hammer, claw, and mallet toes are toes that do not have the right shape.

Surgeons often use phalangeal head resection to correct hammer, claw, and mallet toes.

Hammer, claw, and mallet toes can cause discomfort and pain and may make it hard to walk.

Operative repair of the mallet toe deformity.

Mallet toes: The joint in the middle of a toe may become unable to straighten, causing the toe to point down.

Learning about hammer, claw, and mallet toes:

I'm not sure It might help to go back and read "What is nonsurgical treatment for hammer, claw, and mallet toes?"

If your hammer, claw, or mallet toe gets worse, or if nonsurgical treatment does not help your pain, you may think about surgery.

If your toes, other than your big toes, bend in an odd position, you may have hammer toes, mallet toes, or claw toes.

Calluses and corns often form on the bumps caused by rheumatoid arthritis or on bunions or hammer, claw, or mallet toes.

Smart Toe is a memory implant used in arthroplasty procedures to correct hammer toe, claw toe and mallet toe deformities.

Bone and joint deformities can develop on the feet, such as toe joint deformities (hammer toe, claw toe, mallet toe) or Charcot foot .

You can treat hammer, claw, and mallet toes at home by wearing footwear with lots of room for your toes, using pads and supports in the shoe, and doing toe exercises.

Footwear plays a large role in the development as well as the prevention of foot and toe problems such as bunions, calluses and corns, and hammer, claw, and mallet toes.

Have surgery for hammer, claw, or mallet toes Have surgery for hammer, claw, or mallet toes You can go home the same day as your surgery.