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Revision. This patient had traditional surgery with plates and screws. You can see the scars. She was left…

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Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery (MIS)Hammer Toe Surgery & CorrectionPain Management After Foot SurgerySurgery Complications & Wound Healing

Revision. This patient had traditional surgery with plates and screws. You can see the scars. She was left with a bunion, painful calluses, and toes curling beneath each other. Now she is 8wks post-op MIS revision surgery. I was able to work around the hardware and no screws or plates were used to revise this. She walked out of the operating room, no general anesthesia, small bandage for under a month. Now, she can walk pain free.

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Community comment#1

I need this so bad.

Community comment#2

Are you the surgeon?

Community comment#3

Bunion still present though 🤔

Community comment#4

Can this be done if we live out of state? How many visits?

Community comment#5

I've never heard of this and am very curious. I'm in so cal. Is there a reason more doctors don't do this? Anything to not cut bones sounds excellent but maybe too good to be true.

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#7

https://northwestsurgerycenter.com/before-and-after-photos/ NORTHWESTSURGERYCENTER.COM Bunion Surgery Before and After Photos | Northwest Surgery Center Bunion Surgery Before and After Photos | Northwest Surgery Center

Bunion Surgery Before and After Photos | Northwest Surgery Center
Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#9

last year we had patients come from 35 different states. We offer phone consults so you don’t have to waste any trips here. Most surgeries require 1 follow-up check 2 wks after correction.

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#11

the bones are cut, just not fixated with screws, plates or wires. By angulating the cuts with a small burr, balancing the surrounding soft tissues, and applying an external bandage or splint (think K-tape) your body naturally heals itself in a better, more balanced position. Instead of rigidly holding a position against your body’s natural forces, the deforming forces are rebalanced. Sure, if there’s a trauma, or injury, plates and screws are great to restore the position that was injured, but that’s assuming the position was good before the injury. But if you have a deformity (bunion, hammertoe) that grows over time, I prefer to rebalance and preserve motion without fixation.

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#12

I don’t know anyone that does surgery exactly like me. But there are a handful of doctors that perform bunion cuts without fixation.

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