What you need to know about foot and ankle surgery
You might need surgery on your foot because you have:
- A foot fracture from trauma, an accident or increasing your level of activity
- Persistent pain from bunions that don’t respond to other treatment
- An ingrown toenail caused from the edges of your toenail growing into your soft tissue
- A hammertoe caused by a bone deformity in which one or more of your toe joints are bent
- Issues resulting from diabetic neuropathy including circulation and nerve problems in your feet
Your foot and ankle surgery specialists at Comprehensive Foot and Ankle Center, PA want you to know you might need an ankle surgery due to fracturing your ankle from injury or trauma. You may also have a deformity resulting from a systemic disease like diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis. These issues can be serious enough to keep you from moving around and enjoying your life.
You need the help of a specialist like your foot and ankle surgeons at Comprehensive Foot and Ankle Center, PA to determine whether your condition could benefit from surgery. After a full examination of your foot or ankle and a series of x-rays, your doctors can prepare a treatment plan designed to give you the help you need.
Many foot and ankle surgeries at Comprehensive Foot and Ankle Center, PA can be performed in the office on an outpatient basis, but make sure you have a driver to take you home. You should also have someone to help you for the first 24 hours after surgery while you recover. You might have to wear a protective bandage, splint or cast afterward and limit your movement or stay off of your feet while you heal.
If you need foot or ankle surgery or you just want to find out if surgery can benefit you, don’t suffer! Call your podiatrists and foot and ankle surgeons at Comprehensive Foot and Ankle Center, PA, serving the Wesley Chapel and Land O' Lakes area!
