Blog's main page This patient presented with a history of markedly painful posterior heel "bumps". She has noted them for approximately two years. The patient is now having major problems with any enclosed shoes. The area rubs become red and enlarged and can blister. She feels she has exhausted conservative care. She is young and is [...]
Blog's main page There have been many advances in foot surgery over the years, with minimally invasive surgery (MIS) or keyhole surgery being one such modality. The below before and after images are from a patient I recently performed surgery on. The left image is before, and the right is one-week post-operative. The patient is still [...]
Blog's main page Surgical intervention is continuously evolving. Minimally invasive surgery, or keyhole as it is commonly known, has progressed markedly over recent years as this case depicts. This patient presented with a painful non-union of the base of the 5th metatarsal. Commonly called Jones fracture, however, this actual fracture is at the margins of a [...]
Blog's main page The images show how a foot can look at six weeks post-op. This patient had chronic painful 1st and 2nd MTPJs. On clinical and radiographic imaging, it was shown she had hallux limitus with an abducted hallux and chronic overload to the 2nd MTPJ. The image on the left is intra-operative and shows [...]
Blog's main page There have been marked improvements in bunion surgery over the years to the point where, typically, the procedure is day surgery, the pain is controlled and long-term good results are achieved. Keyhole surgery, better known as minimally invasive surgery, is very much the "flavour of the month". It does have a place, but [...]
