Without knowledge of the nature and extent of the deformity, it would, in my opinion, be quite inappropriate to make a blanket statement such as Dr. Ozer has made. In my experience, thoses practitioners who routinely opt for such "minimal incision" techniques do so because they have neither the diagnositc ability nor the operative skills required to perform the "open surgeries" which are generally required to correct the more complex deformities. Beware of those who always attempt to force square pegs into round holes, for square pegs are generally all that they possess. If they would restrict their surgery to those patients who present with only the simpler bunion deformities which do lend themselves to the type of procedure of which he speaks, all well and good. But, unfortunately, to many such practitioners apply a one-size-fits-all attitude to surgical correction, and more often than not, one size does NOT fit all.
As far as "minimal incision" bunion surgery is concerned, whether or not one adds "state or the art" to the description, if it sounds too good to be true . . . it usually is. |
