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Bones on legs: features of surgical intervention
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Often, when the moment of non-surgical treatment of ossicles on the legs is already lost, for the sake of the beauty of the feet, women are resolved for surgical intervention. And then the bones on the legs are removed by surgery. Which of them is better to do and what are the consequences of this method of treatment?
Bones on legs: the essence of the phenomenon
Bones on the legs - this is not a disease, but only its manifestation. The disease itself is called "valgus deformity of the big toe." His symptoms are puffiness, calluses on the foot (but these are side effects), and the main and most striking symptom is a well-marked and very painful bone on the big toe or, as it is also called, a lump on the leg.
The aching joint turns red, shines, swells, becomes hard to feel. The bone on the leg is so painful that it is impossible to put on the usual shoes, moving without it also hurts. The reason for this deviation is the deformation of the metatarsal bone, which causes the head to bend outward, and this looks like a bone.
Start treatment
If the bones on the legs appeared not so long ago, they do not hurt much, they can still be treated with non-operative methods. These are complex methods: physiotherapy, special exercises, foot massage, use of orthopedic means - insteps, inserts between the fingers, special orthopedic insoles.
By the way, such insoles can be made to order in just 20 minutes, and this is a very good tool for alleviating symptoms in the occurrence of pips on the legs. This can be done on the recommendation of an orthopedist in the orthopedic clinic. If these methods no longer help, the pain becomes terrible, and it is not possible to go out on people in normal shoes, surgical intervention is necessary.
Do the bones on the leg break during surgery?
Modern methods of medicine do not presume to break the bones on the leg during the operation. A few decades ago, the method of crossing the bone was applied. Then they were put in the correct position and fixed with the help of implants made of metal.
It could be knitting needles, screws, metal plates.
To make the leg fused correctly, it was pinned in a cast. A terrible prospect! And quite painful. And at the same time both legs did not operate. They operated on one at a time. Therefore, the rehabilitation period was very long. In addition, a person all this time, while the bones coalesced, went on crutches. To recover, it took time from one and a half to two months - all this time the patient did not part with crutches.
But this is not all - to restore the function of the legs, it was also necessary to be treated by complex methods. Plus, remove the knitting needle or screw from the foot. This was not so painful, but again it took time to recover.
Operative intervention with modern methods is much less traumatic. With it, the bone is not broken in two, and the operation is performed simultaneously on two legs, saving a lot of time and health to the patient.
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How is modern surgery performed?
It passes quickly and almost painlessly. The foot, which is operated, is anaesthetized under local anesthesia. Then the doctor adjusts all the "ingredients" of the foot: ligaments, tendons, muscles, capsules. But as of the cubes is the right foot, the position of the fingers is correct, corrected and fixed in this form. Then the doctor applies seams to the operated feet. They remain on their feet for a short time, the seams can be removed in 4-5 days.
The rehabilitation period is quite short: on the heel it is already possible to attack the next day after the operation, and after the stitches have been removed, it is possible to stand on the entire foot. Legs need to be accustomed to the load gradually, gradually increasing it every day.
Legs can normally perform their functions (certainly not excessive) within a week or two after surgery. And they will become stronger and completely restore their role in a month and a half after the surgeon's table. Then you can wear shoes with heels and go to parties.
The second variant of carrying out of operation by modern methods
In the area of the cone (bones) make an incision. Small, only 3 centimeters long. Through him, the doctor moves the tendon in the right direction, and also forms the arch of the foot - the transverse one. Thus, the doctor corrects the flat feet, and the toes on the feet are leveled. The bump from these manipulations disappears, and no bone fractures are needed. With this method, you do not need crutches or gypsum, the foot is restored very quickly in just 2-3 weeks.
If the case with the bone is very neglected, you will still have to do osteotomy, that is, bone excision. But there is good news: they are fixed not with a steel spoke, but with the help of small cogs, which remain in the foot.
Repeated operation to remove them is not necessary, from this foot is not hurt again. So, the rehabilitation period is still much shorter than with the old methods of surgical intervention - from a month to two. Sutures are removed, of course, not as fast as without cutting the bone, but still you will not have to wait long - up to two weeks.
The effectiveness of surgical methods
Statistics show that surgical methods for treating bones on the foot show an excellent effect in 90% of patients. If a person carries out all the instructions of a doctor, does not give an extra burden to his legs, eats properly (and in some cases he is prescribed a diet), then the probability is very high that the operation will go without complications.
Are there any contraindications to surgery for elderly patients?
Yes, there are such contraindications. If the bones and joints of the legs are strongly deformed and inflamed, you must first remove the inflammatory process, and then make decisions on the surgical intervention. In addition, the patient in the elderly can have diseases in which poor blood coagulability or dysfunction of tissues. Then the operation is likely to be canceled. The doctor will advise non-surgical methods of affecting the bones of the thumb.