Guide To Treating And Preventing Sesamoiditis

Surgery

Surgery is the last option if more conservative treatments don’t work to ease the patient's pain associated with sesamoiditis. A sesamoidectomy takes about one and a half hours and requires an ankle block to numb the patient’s foot. The patient also has intravenous (IV) sedation. The doctor makes an incision less than an inch long at the base of the big toe. Depending on the location of the inflamed sesamoid bone, it could be on the outside or inside of the toe. Then, the tendon covering the bone is opened, and the bone is removed. The tendon is then repaired and tightened, and the doctor sutures the surgical wound and splints the foot and ankle.

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