The Hyperblog

Venue - Royal Oldham Hospital

Leader - Mr M Sundar

Topic: metatarsalgia and lesser toe problems

Aiming to cover

• biomechanics
• differential diagnosis of metatarsalgia
• MTP instability
• interdigital neuroma
• lesser toe deformities
• bunionette

Metatarsalgia is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Many patients have several factors which contribute to their pain. It’s a good test of the ability to take a comprehensive history, perform a thorough examination, use investigations appropriately and show good judgement in assessing the overall problem and advising on treatment - sounds like a comprehensive test of core clinical skills!

Suggested reading

Hyperbook chapters:

metatarsalgia - I’ve uploaded the revised text and will try to put in some images and updated references before the session

MTP instability updated in April 2008 with a couple of references to recent surgical papers

interdigital neuroma - Gillian Jackson is has updated this one and and it’s now on the site

bunionette - no big recent update but not much new research either

Freiberg’s disease - now revised with some images

lesser toe deformities - recently updated although not all the page dates have been changed

More to come