Minimally Invasive Hammertoe Surgery Patient Testimonial │ Dr TJ Ahn

Описание: In this video, you’ll see a real patient story of how minimally invasive hammertoe surgery can relieve pain and help patients get back to the activities they love. At the start, you’ll meet Rhonda, an active patient who enjoys golf, hiking, and walking but was struggling with a rigid, painful second and fourth toe despite having prior open surgery with hardware in her forefoot.

On exam, her second toe is floating and cannot be pushed down fully, with pain on both the top and ball of the foot, and her fourth toe is also hammered and rigid. You’ll hear Dr. TJ Ahn explain the surgical plan: relaxing the tendons and capsule, performing precise bone work at the base and middle phalanx to straighten and slightly shorten the toes, and using tiny incisions instead of traditional open surgery.

Fast‑forward about six weeks after minimally invasive hammertoe surgery, and you’ll see her follow‑up results. The second and fourth toes look straight, swelling is minimal, and the only visible marks are tiny dot‑like incisions that have healed beautifully compared with her older, larger scars from past open procedures. Rhonda can move her toes, and the focus now is on continued motion and strengthening so she can confidently return to her activities.

If you’ve been dealing with painful, rigid hammertoes or floating toes that limit your walking, golf, or hiking, this short testimonial gives a clear before‑and‑after look at what minimally invasive hammertoe correction can achieve in the right patient.

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0:00 Pre‑op exam: rigid, painful 2nd and 4th toes
0:36 Surgical plan: tendons, capsule, and bone work
1:52 6‑week follow‑up after MIS hammertoe surgery
2:20 Tiny incisions vs prior open surgery scars
2:40 Toe motion, healing, and next steps