Procedure Selection

It is Important to Understand Your Doctor's Selected Procedure

In medical literature, there are over 100 different documented ways on how to perform bunion removal. In fact, there happens to be more ways to perform bunion removal than on any other given part of the body.

You then have to ask yourself a question: Why are there so many ways to remove this bump off the side of my foot? I believe the answer to the question is this: Over the years, surgeons have been very unhappy with their patients' recovery process and outcome of this procedure, so they are constantly trying to improve their results and outcome.

Dr. Moy's Procedure

Dr. Moy has found a procedure that has withstood the test of time, and obtained a result that is virtually pain free. With this procedure, your foot can be restored to normal function without the bunion reoccurring.

  • It involves surgery right at the bunion site to remove the bump, repositioning of the bone, and reduction of the deforming forces that created the bunion.
  • The internal fixation, which is a screw, compresses or holds the bone together securely. This allows the bone to heal rapidly and provides solid stability to the surgical area.  Due to the painless nature of the procedure and the stability of the bone, patients are able to walk immediately.  
  • Be very cautious on allowing a doctor to perform surgery that is up near the mid arch of your foot (lapidus or base wedge procedures). This type of procedure has significant inherent potential risks and complications, and will force you to be non-weight bearing on that area for 6 to 8 weeks.
  • The tight rope or IM banding is not a bunion procedure.  It is an adjunctive step to any bunion procedure.  When indicated we will implement this adjunctive step.