Plantar Plate Tears

The plantar plate is made of a 2 - 5 mm thick layer of connective tissue originating on the plantar aspect of the distal metatarsals and inserting on the plantar base of the proximal phalanx. This stout structure serves as the main stabilizer supporting the MTP joints. Through chronic microtrauma or dynamic imbalance, this tissue can become inflamed, attenuated, tear or rupture. This results in pain, MTP joint instability, crossover toes, or dislocations.

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Plantar Plate Repair

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metatarsalgia plantar plate hammer toe floating toe crossover toe

Videos - Surgical Technique (5)
- - Plantar Plate Repair of Lesser Metatarsophalangeal Joints
  - File Type:
  - Ref. #: VID1-1458-EN
  - Version: B
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 02/10/2014
  - Presenter: Michael J. Coughlin, MD
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- - Extensor Digitorum Brevis (EDB) Tendon Transfer with InternalBrace™ Augmentation Utilizing the Arthrex^® 3x8 mm Tenodesis Screw™ and LabralTape™
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  - Ref. #: VID1-00589-EN
  - Version: A
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 09/15/2015
  - Presenter: Dane K. Wukich, MD
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- - Plantar Plate InternalBrace™ Ligament Augmentation
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  - Ref. #: VID1-000800-en-US
  - Version: A
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 08/04/2020
  - Presenter: Andrew J. Rosenbaum, MD
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Animations - Surgical Technique (3)
- - CPR™ Complete Plantar Plate Repair
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  - Ref. #: AN1-0458-EN
  - Version: E
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 02/10/2014
  - Presenter: Michael J. Coughlin, MD
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- - CPR Viper™
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  - Ref. #: AN1-00089-EN
  - Version: A
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 11/21/2014
  - Presenter: Michael J. Coughlin, MD
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- - EDB InternalBrace™ Augmentation Repair
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  - Ref. #: AN1-00192-EN
  - Version: A
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 11/16/2016
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Surgical Technique Guides (3)
- - Plantar Plate Ligament Augmentation Using the Forefoot InternalBrace™ Implant System
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  - Ref. #: LT1-00121-EN
  - Version: C
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 06/22/2020
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- - Forefoot InternalBrace™ Implant System
  - File Type:
  - Ref. #: LT1-00073-EN
  - Version: B
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 06/20/2018
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- - CPR™ Complete Plantar Plate Repair System
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  - Ref. #: LT1-0458-EN
  - Version: D
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 05/09/2018
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Brochures (1)
- - Resuscitate Your MTP Joint Correction from a Dorsal Approach with the Complete Plantar Plate Repair – CPR™ Implant System
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  - Ref. #: LB1-0458-EN
  - Version: D
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 09/30/2015
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Videos - Presentation (3)
- - Plantar Plate Repair Panel Discussion
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  - Ref. #: VID1-00055-EN
  - Version: A
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 05/22/2014
  - Presenters: Troy S. Watson, MD, Lowell Weil, DPM, Chris Ortiz, MD
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- - Lesser Metatarsal Instability with Shortening Osteotomy CPR™ Featuring the Mini Scorpion™ DX Suture Passer
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  - Ref. #: VID1-00574-EN
  - Version: A
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 10/15/2015
  - Presenter: Edward S. Holt, MD
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- - Lesser Metatarsal Instability with Shortening Osteotomy CPR™ Featuring the CPR Viper™ Suture Passer
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  - Ref. #: VID1-00573-EN
  - Version: A
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 09/28/2015
  - Presenter: Edward S. Holt, MD
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Surgeon Newsletters (1)
- - Scope This Out (Spring/Summer 2012 - Vol. 14, Number 2)
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  - Ref. #: LN0131
  - Version: A
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 06/11/2012
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Product and Technique Highlights (1)
- - Weil or Weil Not? – Complete Plantar Plate Repair (CPR™) Viper™Instrument
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  - Ref. #: LS1-0486-EN
  - Version: E
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 09/28/2015
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Animations - Patient Education (1)
- - Toe Dislocation Repair with CPR™ Implant System
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  - Ref. #: PAN1-0458-EN
  - Version: D
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 10/19/2017
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Tray Lists (1)
- - Mini Scorpion™ DX CPR Instrument Set (AR-8690S)
  - File Type:
  - Ref. #: DOC1-000082-en-US
  - Version: A
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 06/13/2019
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Videos - Highlight (1)
- - CPR™ Implant System, Plantar Plate Repair Post-op Recovery Techniques
  - File Type:
  - Ref. #: VPT1-00779-EN
  - Version: A
  - Language: English
  - Revision Date: 03/03/2017
  - Presenter: Michael J. Coughlin, MD
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