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Originally Posted by GrnThumb
We’re you pleased with the results or are you sorry you had the surgery. Any pros or cons or tips on post surgery recovery? Thx.
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The recover from surgery is not pleasant. With the pin sticking out of the front of the toe, you must be careful to not "stub" the toe.
However, if the surgeon is competent, the result will be a great improvement. I urge you to use a podiatrist and not a general surgeon or orthopedist. Hammer toe correction is a specialty of podiatrists and an experienced one will have done hundreds more of them than other doctors.
After you have healed, the toe will be rigid and will only bend at the highest joint. If you hold your foot off the floor, the surgical toe will point towards the floor. The surgery is done this way as the goal is for the toe to lie flat on the floor and in line with the other toes when standing. However, this results in a minor problem as the toe will "snag" when putting on socks or hosiery. This is more an annoyance than anything, and the benefit of straightening out the toe and removing the related bunion on the bottom of the foot far outweigh going to the trouble of having the surgery.