NAIL, BONE & SOFT TISSUE

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Foot surgery

Dr. Legault is affiliated with an experienced surgical team working in a private operating room. A podiatrist operates only on foot. When the conservative treatments have failed, the surgical option is the ultimate treatment.

Chirurgie mineure sur place

Chirurgie tissu mou en bloc opératoire

Chirurgie osseuse en bloc opératoire

Minor foot surgery in clinic

Nail Surgery: Permanent Partial Matricectomy

Your nail repetitively grows into the nail fold and is painful? There is a surgical option where a thin border of the nail is removed and burned permanently at the matrix, the root of the nail, so it does not grow back. After a local anesthesia of the toe, the intervention is pain-free and you can go back home the same day. Useful tip: bring a larger shoe or sandals to leave space for the dressing.

Ganglionic Cyst and Other Mass

Cyst is a soft tissue mass full of fluid. It mostly comes from the joint or the tendon sheath. It is possible to aspire the cyst and inject cortisone. Cyst, however, has a high recurrence rate with the injection. The surgical excision is the best option to remove it definitively.

Bone surgery in operation room

Hallux Valgus or Bunions

A bunion is a gradual shifting of the bone in an inward position. It can create pain when walking, standing up, at night or within shoes. Do you know that a bunion can be surgically corrected for a long-term result? There are 100 different types of surgery for a bunion depending on the measures and angles. To choose the right procedure and understand well the foot type and biomechanic, X-rays are required. If you already have some X-rays that were taken in weight-bearing/standing position, bring them!

Taylor Bunion at the Joint of the 5th Toe

This problem is less known than the similar bunion at the 1st big toe joint but is quite the same. The Taylor bunion appears at the joint of the 5th toe and is created by a muscle imbalance. The metatarsal head shift on the exterior side and creates discomfort in a closed shoe. If the shoe gear modification is not enough, there is always the surgical option for patients that feel pain.

Hammer Toes

The hammer toes gradually lose their flexibility with aging. One of the extensor or flexor tendons gets mechanical advantage and exerts more force: creating the hammer toe. There are flexible, semi-flexible and rigid hammer toes. The more it progresses, the more it creates discomfort either at the tip or on the top of the toes.

Hallux Limitus

Hallux in Latin means big toe and limitus means limited. A misalignment of the joint creates a repetitive impact at the top of the joint. A bony prominence appears at the top of the articulation limiting the dorsiflexion of the big toe. Hallux limitus is often misdiagnosed as bunion , but can sometimes appear at the same time. Surgical treatment is the best long-term outcome.

Soft Tissue Surgery in Operating Room

Morton Neuroma

With repetitive impact of the metatarsal head, the common digital nerve becomes painful, fibrotic and enlarged creating pain or numbness to the forefoot or toes. It appears more often at the 4th interspace but can appear at other interspaces too. If the conservative treatments have failed, it is possible to excise it surgically.

Chirurgie osseuse en bloc opératoire

Chirurgie d’ongle incarné : matrisectomie partielle permanente

Votre ongle s'incarne à répétition? Il existe une option chirurgicale consistant à retirer une mince bordure d'ongle et à brûler au phénol la matrice de l’ongle, soit son site de repousse, de façon permanente.

Après une simple anesthésie locale de l’orteil, l’intervention est sans douleur et vous pouvez retourner chez vous le jour même. Pensez à apporter un soulier plus large ou une sandale ouverte pour laisser de la place au bandage.

Chirurgie osseuse en bloc opératoire

Hallux limitus

L’hallux limitus ou rigidus gêne souvent les patients dans leurs activités quotidiennes. Il s’agit d’impacts répétés lors de la marche, de la base du gros orteil avec le dessus de l’articulation créant ainsi une petite bosse osseuse. L’hallux limitus est souvent confondu avec l’oignon, mais peut parfois se retrouver conjointement.