Foot & Ankle - Arthritis
Foot and Ankle: Overview | Arthritis | Injury and Pain
Foot and ankle arthritis differs in a major way from the hip or knee where end stage arthritis is treated by joint replacement surgery, in that the mainstay of surgery is fusion, though with increasing success the ankle and great toe joint can be replaced.
Fusion, which may sound to be rather drastic, when carefully selected would not normally lead to marked stiffness nor limp, though offers an excellent method of obtaining pain relief.
However, in many people foot and ankle arthritis progresses at a particularly slow rate and there are many manoeuvres including orthotics, joint injections or keyhole surgery which will relieve pain. Injections can be performed in the outpatient setting and keyhole surgery (ankle and great toe) is performed as day case surgery, has a short rehabilitation period and allows minimal disruption to working lives.
For further information please contact our Practice Manager on 0161 728 5994, 0161 793 7056 or use our on-line enquiry form. Alternatively, you may book an appointment with Mr Maxwell at the Oaklands Hospital.
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