Toe Shortening Surgery. A second metatarsal shortening osteotomy is a procedure that cuts and shortens the second metatarsal. Depending upon the amount of bone shortening a portion of the skin then needs to be remodeled or removed.
In an out patient surgery center or the clinic under sedation and local anesthesia the procedure toe shortening toe lengthening mallet toe correction claw toe correction may or may not require an internal pin. The goals of shortening the metatarsal are to decrease pain at the base of the second toe in the ball of the foot and or help straighten out the second toe. In general the surgery involves removing a portion of the bone at the contracted joint to realign the toe.
In all cases healing takes about six weeks in healthy people with no way to catalyze it.
Just like with the sklar bunionectomy our hammertoe and toe shortening procedures allow for immediate weight bearing no cast and no visual scar. In general the surgery involves removing a portion of the bone at the contracted joint to realign the toe. In an out patient surgery center or the clinic under sedation and local anesthesia the procedure toe shortening toe lengthening mallet toe correction claw toe correction may or may not require an internal pin. Generally speaking toe shortening is an outpatient procedure that will require a general or local anesthetic combined with sedation.
