Is surgery effective for treatment
of bunions?
When all non-surgical treatments fail, surgery may be the only other
alternative. Surgery involves removal of the swollen tissues and realigning the
toe.
However, surgery is not always successful and bunions can recur.
Recovery after surgery can take a few weeks and the course is also marked by
difficulty in ambulation. Moreover, surgery requires time off from work, there
is significant pain afterwards and the results are not guaranteed. More often than
not, you will be worse off than what you started off. Finally, a number of
orthopedic surgeons who do bunionectomy have poor technical skills and resemble
butchers. If you do decide to go for surgery, choose your surgeon well. There
are no refunds for cock-ups, which are common in bone surgery.
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