You can keep moving AFTER bunion surgery when you and your surgeon choose the multi-dimensional Active Bunion correction.
The Active Bunion is a new, simple, fast bunion correction surgery that is so advanced it can produce less scarring (inside and out) compared with other bunion surgery options.* Your foot moves freely, like mother nature intended — without fusing together of joint bones at the mid-foot as is done in 3D and 4D Lapidus procedures.
And, with a much smaller incision — leaving a smaller scar — than any other bunion correction, you’ll hardly know you ever had a bunion.
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The Active Bunion procedure was created to treat up to 90 percent of moderate to severe bunion correction cases. Your surgeon will evaluate your bunion and recommend the proper surgical correction for you.
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Active Bunion treats 90% of moderate to severe bunions.
Only the most severe bunions, such as those associated with unstable joints or arthritic damage, require joint fusion (3D Lapidus procedure)
After the Active Bunion procedure, the scar on your foot almost disappears*. Because this is a simple bunion correction, there may be less internal scarring of the foot’s tendons and ligaments surrounding the bone. Your foot may be less stiff and you may return to normal motion faster, compared with other bunion surgery types.
Active Bunion is a minimally invasive procedure designed to be less invasive than other bunion removal options, both inside and out.
Internally, this procedure may result in minimal soft tissue scarring as you heal, which usually means less stiffness and a potentially faster return to normal motion.
Outside the foot, the one-inch incision (in most cases) will leave only a small scar, about one third to one half the size of the incisions made by other bunion surgeries.
All 3D Lapidus-type bunion procedures require fusing the joint bones at the midpoint of the foot. Physicians consider fusions of any kind as a last resort, recommended for only the most severe bunion deformities. Once fused, future corrective surgery can be more challenging.
A fused joint often requires a longer healing period than other, simpler bunion correction surgeries.
When the bones of your foot grow together and ‘fuse’ as you heal, you forever lose the ability to bend at that joint. That means your foot movement can be restricted. Fusion may also result in a shorter big toe after surgery.
* Early weight bearing and a return to normal activities depend on your surgeon’s recommendations and other individual factors
With the Active Bunion, your natural alignment and normal flexibility can be returned through a procedure that is less invasive with minimal scarring. (Individual results may vary.)
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For a quick overview of all the advantages of this bunion surgery, download our brochure for patients:
For a quick overview of all the advantages of this bunion surgery, download our brochure for patients:
