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Bunions - Podiatrist in Winter Haven, FL

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SURGERY: ORTHOPEDIC, SUMMER 2001

PODIATRY REVIEW, January 2001

A bunion is a painful and often disabling, the prominence at the base of big toe (hallux) which causes discomfort, especially when walking, while the shoes.

A bunion or hallux valgus is known as a doctor, is a common condition that affects more women than men and incidence increases with age. The causes of the disease are multifactorial. However, the most important factors are genetic (familial). In addition to an inherent tendency for patients to develop bunions, there are a number risk factors, including:

Inappropriate footwear

Inflammatory problems of the metatarsophalangeal joint

Neurological (nerve) problems

Trauma to the toe itself.

The condition most commonly manifests in patients older than 50 years or more, however, also frequently occurs when the patient is a teenager or early 20s.

The patient experiences increasing pain and swelling in the inner toe produces a red, tender, tense swelling. This usually causes pain when walking and can even cause pain at rest.

The anatomy of a bunion

A bunion is caused by an abnormality in the position of the bones in the foot and big toe. Instead of being online, collection of plane end to end, the long bone on the inside foot (first metatarsal) and the first bone of the big toe (hallux) meet at an angle (deformity valgus).

The deformity also means that the ball of the big toe is not positioned correctly in two small bones (sesamoids) under the sole. These sesamoid bones act as two mini-knee caps for toe and usually allow the flexor tendons to act through its axis.

Over time, the pressure of the shoe causes inflammation of the book filled with fluid (the bag), which acts to reduce friction on the inside the joint, the joint becomes swollen and all pain. In addition, the metatarsal bone grows a projection (an exostosis), and the tendons of the shoes of the top and bottom around the inside of the metatarsal bone.

How Is it curable?

The only way they can be corrected by surgery. In the past, surgical operations had meant to leave the feet and in plaster for up to three months. Called an osteotomy, this is conventional surgery cut a piece of bone and repositioning the two extremes to try to straighten the finger.

New treatments are now available, which involve the use of special courts designed through the bone that supports the toe, allowing the accurate correction of the problem. These new cuts through the bone are associated with use of modern devices such as specially designed fixing screws or staples. Very advanced titanium alloy staples, which have been kept in the freezer, are inserted. The alloy has been pre-programmed to return to its original shape when heated, and secures the ends of bones together.

These new techniques allow very precise correction with less pain and faster rehabilitation. Such surgery can be performed as a day case, patients spend 10-14 days in strips and four weeks after trainers. After that, patients can move in any suitable footwear they want.

This surgery takes out a number of hospitals, including the Devonshire Hospital foot and ankle unit in London.

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