TORONTO PODIATRIST PONDERS IN APMA ARTICLE WHETHER HE SHOULD PERFORM COSMETIC SURGERY

A TORONTO PODIATRIST IN THE APMA PONDERS WHETHER TO DO COSMETIC SURGERY ON A BILATERAL ELONGATED HALUX IN A SYMPTOM FREE FEMALE BECAUSE SHE IS EMBARRASED AND OCCASIONALLY TRIPS.  APPARENTLY SHE CONSULTED AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON WHO SUGGESTED PARTIAL AMPUTATION.

AT ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS WE BELIEVE IN CONSERVATIVE CARE AND AVOID THE USE OF DRUGS AND SURGERY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.  THERE IS NO DRUG THAT DOES NOT HAVE A SIDE EFFECT AND MANY SURGERIES END UP WITH COMPLICATIONS.  AMPUTATING THIS YOUNG FEMALES HALUX BILATERALLY WILL AFFECT HER GAIT AND COULD LEAD TO EARLY DEGENERATIVE CHANGES AND/OR PAIN.  OUR CLINIC WOULD RECOMMEND TO THIS PATIENT THAT SHE WOULD BE MUCH BETTER OFF AVOIDING UNNECESSARY SURGERY, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE IS SYMPTOM-FREE.

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