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  2. Hammer toe - Wikipedia

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    A hammer toe, hammertoe or contracted toe is a deformity of the muscles and ligaments of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the second, third, fourth, or fifth toe, bending it into a shape resembling a hammer. In the early stage, a flexible hammertoe is movable at the joints; a rigid hammertoe joint cannot be moved and usually requires surgery.

  3. Akin osteotomy - Wikipedia

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    The surgery is often performed under local anaesthesia. Through a small incision made on the medial side of the big toe, a wedge-shaped piece of the bone is removed from the proximal phalynx. The toe is then realigned to its correct position and secured using pins, screws or a plate.

  4. Bone healing - Wikipedia

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    Bone healing, or fracture healing, is a proliferative physiological process in which the body facilitates the repair of a bone fracture. Generally, bone fracture treatment consists of a doctor reducing (pushing) displaced bones back into place via relocation with or without anaesthetic, stabilizing their position to aid union, and then waiting ...

  5. Diseases of the foot - Wikipedia

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    There are orthotic shoe insoles (foot orthotics) that help correct flat feet. Surgery does not correct flat feet and should be avoided. [citation needed] Hammer toes are unsightly and reveal a toe that is curled due to a bend in the middle joint of the toe. A hammer toe occur chiefly because the shoe is too tight at the front or the heels are ...

  6. Morton's toe - Wikipedia

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    Restoring the Morton's toe to normal function with proprioceptive orthotics can help alleviate numerous problems of the feet such as metatarsalgia, hammer toes, bunions, Morton's neuroma, plantar fasciitis and general fatigue of the feet. [medical citation needed] Rare cases of disabling pain are sometimes treated surgically.

  7. Syndesmosis procedure - Wikipedia

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    Syndesmosis procedure is one of the more than twenty bunion surgeries currently being performed. While the majority of bunion surgeries involve the breaking and shifting of bones (osteotomy procedures), [1] syndesmosis procedure [2] is one of few surgical techniques that use a soft-tissue or non-osteotomy (non-bone-breaking) approach to afford the same correction.

  8. Torn ACLs may heal with therapy instead of surgery, though ...

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    Knee injury doctors have long thought that a torn ACL required surgery to fix. New research suggests a non-surgical treatment may be as effective. Torn ACLs may heal with therapy instead of ...

  9. Replantation - Wikipedia

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    In replantation surgery following macro-amputation (e.g. arm or leg amputation), maximal length of the replanted extremity can be preserved by vascular grafts for blood supply and pedicled or free soft tissue flaps for defect coverage.

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