Any experience with operation to fix 'curly toes' please??

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10 year old ds has had terrible toes since young, very almost clawed like. Saw podiatrists, physios etc when younger and nothing helped. Today (after 6 month wait!) we saw an orthopaedic surgeon. He said 3 of his toes have 'curly toe' and the second toe in is what they call 'hammer toe'. He said we could wait until he's 16ish to either wait to see if the tendons sort them selves out (probably won't) or operate now as they are hurting him. Ds and I had discussed operations as we saw gp who said it would probably mean re - setting the bones. (Although we've been told the bones are ok) so... Cutting the tendons sounds quite dramatic and at first I thought no way! ESP when I asked the risks which were mainly the toes could return the same way in a few years and possibility of problems with the joints. Ds wants the operation so Iv said ok put us on the wait list. He needs both feet doing but obviously will do one at a time. He talked about the possibility of putting pins/wire down the toes if just cutting the tendons didn't automatically straighten them but didn't he was foreign and I may have misunderstood that part.

I just wondered if anyone had any experiences of this operation? We have a holiday abroad booked March so Iv asked he doesn't have it done before then so we have a while to get our heads around it!

Tia

Anyone?

A friend used a product from FlxToe for their child with a underlapping toe or curly toe. They tried it for a few months and it has managed to straighten the toes of their child. Will watch with interest over the longer term to see if the condition returns. Might be worth a try.

A friend used a product from FlxToe for their child with a underlapping toe or curly toe. They tried it for a few months and it has managed to straighten the toes of their child. Will watch with interest over the longer term to see if the condition returns. Might be worth a try.

We were referred to a surgeon when my youngest was a baby and he recommended we go and see a chiropodist before going down the surgery route which wouldn't happen until she was older. We went every 4 weeks until just before she started reception class. Each time she made a mould that fitted in her shoes in between her toes which separated them into the correct position. It took years to correct her toes but it did work. I think her young age was an advantage because her bones and tendons were easier to manipulate.