Hammertoe & Bunion Surgery - foot Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, Foot Specialist, Toronto

Bunion and Hammertoe Surgery - foot Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, Foot Specialist, Toronto, ON

Podiatrist Sheldon Nadal discusses Bunion Surgery (Bunionectomy).

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There are three important factors that impact the success of bunion surgery:

1. Choose a surgeon with extensive experience with bunionectomies. Because a deep understanding of the biomechanics of each patient's foot as well as the intricacies of each surgical option is needed, surgeons with more experience at doing bunionectomies are better able to help each patient achieve the best outcome.

2. Be realistic in your expectation about what a bunionectomy can accomplish. No physician can guarantee that a bunion won't recur or that a patient will be absolutely pain free. Additionally, because of the complexity of the foot structures impacted by a bunion, patients may never be able to wear normal or slender shoes. Bunion surgery can reduce or eliminate the bone deformity, improve foot alignment and f