Just because you believe somethings does't mean that they're true!!!!by AnonPod (no login)Do you actually believe what you wrote, "Percutaneous techniques (puncture surgery) presently allows the trained podiatrist to perform bilateral bunionectomies, multiple metatarsal osteotomies, multiple hammertoe corrections, bilateral bunionette corrections, etc. in one office visit via tiny pin-head sized punctures"? What planet are you from????? "Tiny pinhead sized punctures" are the result of administering local anesthesia period!!!! MIS produces much larger puncture wounds than "tiny pinhead sized punctures". These larger puncture wounds are smaller than incisions used for traditional podiatric surgery and they do heal faster than long incisions. However visualization is very difficult and so MIS is not used much because the results are not good; also, there is a higher incidence of infection. Years ago, I attended a foot surgery conference hosted by a university and one of the leading orthopods, from Seattle, WA, was speaking. During his slide show presentation, he said he tried MIS foot surgery 20 years ago and didn't like the results so he abandoned it. He would do 3-5 procedures that were in close proximity on one foot, he preferred making 3-5 small incisions rather than making 1 or 2 long incisions. It was very clear on the slides that some incisions were only 1-2 cm long and you could see that the incisions were not "tiny pin-head sized punctures". So I have to ask Percutaneous Pod: if one of the leading orthopods in America is not utilizing MIS because he found that the results were not as good as those from traditional surgery, then why should podiatrists be using it? from IP address 199.212.26.244 Goto Forum Home |
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