Hammer Toe

Hallux valgus and hammer toe.

An elderly woman was observed after hip surgery to start a rehabilitation program; physical examination revealed a lush hallux valgus, however no complaints were reported. Hallux valgus is a frequent forefoot deformity; global prevalence is 35% in those over 65 years-old.1 Women are more affected; deformity is normally attributed to ill-fitting shoes.1 Imbalance of the extrinsic/intrinsic foot ...

Contractions of the Fingers and Hammer-Toe

Correction of hammer toe with an extended release of the metatarsophalangeal joint.

Between March 1995 and January 2000 we reviewed retrospectively 84 patients with hammer-toe deformity (99 feet; 179 toes) who had undergone metatarsophalangeal soft-tissue release and proximal interphalangeal arthroplasty. The median follow-up was 28 months. Patients were assessed by the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Scores (AOFAS) and reviewed by independent assessors. The median...

Occam's Hammer

We establish a generic theoretical tool to construct probabilistic bounds for algorithms where the output is a subset of objects from an initial pool of candidates (or more generally, a probability distribution on said pool). This general device, dubbed “Occam’s hammer”, acts as a meta layer when a probabilistic bound is already known on the objects of the pool taken individually, and aims at c...

Hypothenar hammer syndrome.

To cite: Gupta A, Gupta S, Harris S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015213678 DESCRIPTION A 32-year-old man, a mason, presented with right hand pain of 2-week duration, but reported no acute injury. Ulcerative changes and blanching at the tips of right fourth/fifth digits were observed. Significant tenderness to palpation over the right di...