Can a percutaneous tenotomy for mallet toe cause plantar plate injury in a runner?

I often get some questions from listeners I would never imagine.  I just got one of those questions from a runner who has a mallet toe.  Her doctor suggested surgery. The runner was worried because she been researching hammer toes and mallet toes. During that search she learned a lot about the plantar plate ligament as it relates to crooked toes.  She was worried that if she had the surgery, it might cause a plantar plate injury. Can a percutaneous tenotomy surgery cause a plantar plate injury?  Well, good question and that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast. 

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