High Succes Rate
Immediate Ambulation
Does not require overnight hospital stay. Patient enters and leaves the surgical facility on the same day. Immediately after the surgery the patient can engage in light physical activities.
Smaller Skin Incisions
The small incisions enable the patients to heal faster, allowing them to get back to normal daily life as quickly as possible.
Local Anesthesia
The patients are awake during the surgery. The local anesthesia is done using a series of injections at the toe, foot, ankle. This has a lower risk than is associated with general anesthesia.
No Fixation Hardware Needed
Osteosynthesis/internal fixation is not used to stabilize the osteotomies/bone cuts, bandaging is used to maintain the corrections achieved during the surgery.
Less Pain
Studies have shown that postoperative patients of MIS procedures report less pain and typically require less pain relievers than patients undergoing traditional surgeries.
Less Blood Loss
Small incisions that cause less soft tissue damage, there is little bleeding.
Less Injury to Tissues
Small incisions preserve surrounding tissues, causing less trauma.
Less Risk of Infection
Using this surgical technique we have less soft tissue dissection, less damage to tissues, less chance of exposure of the surgical area to pathogens, therefore less risk of infection.
Quicker Return to Normal Activities
The patients should be able to walk out of the operating room after the surgical procedure.
Shorter Surgical Times
All of our patients are awake during their surgeries and general anesthesia is not used. This, along with the small incisions and reduced soft tissue trauma allow patients to recover and return to normal activities more quickly.
Less Injury to Tissues
Most traditional surgeries require a long incision that creates more trauma to the soft tissues. Because there are no long incisions in MIS, less tissue damage is involved leading to quicker recovery.
Minimal Scarring
MIS foot & ankle procedures require smaller incisions, usually between a few mm and 1 cm for the more common procedures. This means that scars are smaller and less noticeable. The scars that do form are small and typically have a less jagged edge.
