Minimally Invasive Surgery: Foot & Ankle

Minimally Invasive Surgery or Minimal Incision Surgery (MIS) is always of interest to patients and surgeons alike. 

This less invasive type of surgery can result in better cosmetic results, quicker recovery times, and less post-operative pain. 

However, there can also be severe complications related to Minimal Incision Surgery if attempted for the wrong condition or procedure. 

Nerve or blood vessel injuries, tendon or ligament injuries, mal-unions, or non-unions of bone are some of the problems we’ve seen when this type of surgery goes wrong. 

Therefore, at Certified Foot and Ankle Specialists, we reserve Minimally Invasive Surgery for those conditions and procedures which are well documented in the evidence-based scientific literature to be successful and with relatively low risk.

Minimally Invasive Surgery, or Minimal Incision Surgery (MIS) is always of interest to patients and surgeons alike. 

This less invasive type of surgery can result in better cosmetic results, quicker recovery times and less post-operative pain. 

However, there can also be severe complications related to Minimal Incision Surgery if attempted for the wrong condition or procedure. 

Nerve or blood vessel injuries, tendon or ligament injuries, mal-unions or non-unions of bone are some of the problems we’ve seen when this type of surgery goes wrong. 

Therefore, at Certified Foot and Ankle Specialists, we reserve Minimally Invasive Surgery for those conditions and procedures which are well documented in the evidence based scientific literature to be successful and with relatively low risk.

Minimally Invasive Surgery: Foot & Ankle