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This is a short video comparing the pros and cons of current bunion surgeries. It goes over the basic categories of surgeries, the common goal of bunion surgeries and the pathomechanics of a bunion and hallux valgus. It covers syndesmosis or non-bone breaking bunionectomy and gives advantages and disadvantages to all types of bunion surgery.
This video is produced by Doug Ichikawa, D.P.M., a podiatrist in Bellevue, Washington and at the University of Washington. He has been in practice for 29 years and specializes in the syndesmosis bunionectomy originally popularized by Daniel Wu, orthopedic surgeon from Hong Kong.
This video will cover Austin bunionectomies, Lapidus bunionectomies, joint fusion and bumpectomy procedures.
While there are advantages and disadvantages to each procedure, there is no one best procedure.