09/04/2019    

PODIATRISTS IN THE MEDIA

Less Pain and Infections with MIS Bunion Surgery: TX Podiatrist

 

No one likes to talk about bunions, but more people have them than you think. Doctors perform about half a million bunion surgeries every year. “A bunion is caused by many different things," said Foot and Ankle Specialist of Corpus Christi's Corey Goolsby, DPM. "It could be arthritic, gout -- believe it or not -- can cause bunion deformities; Also, footgear can cause bunions, whether you are wearing too narrow of a shoe. I always recommend people to get into wider shoes, because that bump can rub a narrow shoe and be really irritated.”

 

Dr. Corey Goolsby

 

For those who need surgery, Dr. Goolsby, is one of the first area doctors to perform a minimally invasive surgery. “So what we are doing is small micro-incisions for this bunion correction," he said. "It is about three little poke holes that are less than five millimeters, or shorter than a pencil head of an eraser." With this technique, patients will typically have less pain and swelling after surgery, with a lower risk of infection.

 

Source: Roland Rodriguez, KRIS-TV [9/2/19]