Tailor’s Bunion Surgery
Advanced Care to Correct Your Tailor’s Bunion
Tailor’s bunions are also due primarily to genetic factors and can become painful over time due to trauma, ill-fitting shoes and poor foot structure.
The bone connected to the pinky toe starts to drift outward pushing the pinky toe sideways into the other toes which can also lead to, corns & calluses If untreated it can become progressively worse.
Need Tailor’s bunion Surgery?
The goal of surgery is to reduce pain, improve function and decrease deformity to enable the patient to resume normal activities and fit in normal shoe gear.
Exostectomy
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Some types only need removal of the bump on the toe joint; used only for an enlargement of the bone with no drifting of the big toe. This procedure is seldom used because it rarely corrects the cause of the bunion.
Osteotomy
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The surgical cutting and realignment of the joint. Your surgeon will choose the procedure best suited to your condition.
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This procedure can also be done Minimally Invasive, dramatically cutting recovery time and allowing immediate weight bearing.