Sesamoidectomy vs 1st Metatarsal Osteotomy for big toe joint pain
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Sometimes runners have to do a whole lot of digging trying to figure out the difference between a couple of different surgical solutions for a recurring injury.
Pain under the big toe joint can be because you are getting a stress reaction or a stress fracture in one of the two little sesamoid bones. It is pressure to that bone that is causing all the trouble.
How can a doctor surgically reduce that pressure?
What is the difference between a sesamoidectomy and a first metatarsal osteotomy for pain under the big toe joint?
Well, if you are wondering, that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.
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