Redressing Following Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery

Sheldon Nadal DPM redresses a patient's foot following minimally invasive bunion surgery at his podiatry office in Toronto, ON. http://www.footcare.net 501-586 Eglinton Avenue East Toronto, ON M4P 1P2 (416) 486-9917 "We treated this young lady for her bunion approximately three weeks ago and we're going to do a redressing. The little blue areas are just gentian violet which we put over the little, tiny incisions to help prevent infection. And I'm gonna redress it and this is how we do it. Put a little bit of gauze over the area, then I wrap it, holding the toe straight. And this is only three weeks and you can see she, this lady does have some swelling and that's quite normal, but really, not much swelling compared to regular surgery. Now I'm gonna - the gauze protects the skin, now I'm going to put some tape on the foot because this is what helps to hold everything in place. And people want to know what keeps it from coming back, well, the tight taping helps to hold the bone in place and that's what helps to keep everything from - that's what helps to keep the bunion from coming back, and you have to remember we don't just remove the bump, we cut through the bone and realign the bone straight and that's what helps to prevent recurrence and taping the toe and the foot snugly for six weeks allows the toe and the bunion to heal in a proper position so it's unlikely to come back. And I hold it overcorrected, it won't look like that once it's healed because the shoe will push the toe over a little bit so that it will look more natural. One more piece. And then we'll cover everything with a nice elastic tape so that it doesn't unravel. And our patient will continue to do her range of motion exercises and I leave little marks so she knows how to do it, and we'll show you the range of motion exercises on another video. We change the dressing once a week for five weeks. On the sixth week, you can take the dressing off at home yourself. Then I see you every three months for a year to make sure everything's okay, and if you have any problems, I'm always here if you need me.È