Re: Surgery question
Okay first and foremost, tell me you went to an Orthopedic surgeon and not a podiatrist.
Obviously your MD will know your specific case, I can only postulate and comment on things you've said. It's common to have tenosynovitis of the FHL tendon, though to have actual boney ingrowth doesn't sound familiar and I've done a fair amount of orthopedic foot surgery.
There are two hallucidal sesamoid bones that protect your FHL tendon and help provide lever action for you Brevis tendon. If these were removed that might make it harder to range.
This is not a surgery that can be repaired via Arthoscope. The only arthroscopic surgery I've seen for feet is limited to diagnostic, debridement and maybe microfracture of OCD lesions.
Finally let me qualify this all by saying, I am a RN and I work in the O.R. specializing in sports and orthopedic hand and foot and obviously do not have as extensive a knowledge as your MD or any for that matter.
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