Pain-free bunion surgery?
September 4, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
If you’ve undergone painful bunion surgery, you may be a bit skeptical – or envious – about this story.
There’s a surgeon who claims to do pain-free bunion surgery that requires only local anesthetic and can be done in day surgery. According to this article, Pain-free surgery cured my bunions in just minutes, Dr Dieter Nollau, a consultant orthopedic surgeon at Goring Hall Hospital, Worthing, "The normal incision for these operations is 5-7cm. Ours by comparison is 2mm – the advantage of this is that we cause far less tissue damage so patients can be on their feet immediately with very little pain.
The procedure can be carried out either under local anaesthetic or under local with some sedation to make the patient feel completely relaxed."
I don’t doubt the possibility of the surgery, but if it is possible and successful, why aren’t more surgeons doing this?
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Tags: chronic pain blog, pain blog, bunions, bunion surgery, dr dieter nollau
I underwent bunion surgery with Dr Nollau two days ago, and yes it was totally painless, i had local anesthetic and watched the procedure on a screen the side of me as he did it. The care and kindness i recieved was second to none which included a visit from DR nollau the same evening at the hotel i was staying in overnight to check I was ok. I am now walking pain free just two days later {by the way i have had both feet done together} As far as i know the reason we cannot get it done by a surgeon in england is simply because they are not trained to do it.
I have the most painful stingy bunion on my foot and never thought about surgery. Glad to hear this was a painless procedure.
Very happy to hear you are now pain-free. Something I need to think about in the future !
A “painful stingy” sensation related to a prominence at the base of the big toe is likely to be an “irritative neuritis” of the digital nerve. This can be treated simply by the injection of a steroid. Seek someone who is familiar with injecting the foot, otherwise the injection itself might be painful.
Surgery to bone for “bunions” is repleat with problems.
I am also having the same procedure at a diffrent hospital by my doctor in Northeast Vermont. Its a day surgery and the procedure its self is one hour and total time recovery and prep your in and out in 3 hours. This procedure is real and is even performed in the most rural part of Vermont.
I am wanting to have this surgery done by Dr Dieter Nollau and I have BUPA healthcare but Dr Nollau is not on thier registered list. How can I have the surgery done without paying the £4,500 that it costs privately?
I suggest that you ask BUPA why some surgeons are and others are not on their list. Using their criteria you will then be able to chose an alternative surgeon.
There are no other trained surgeons in the UK who can perform the micro invasive Boesch osteotomy apart from Dr Nollau. Some insurance companies will not recognize him, simply because of the cost factor. People need to realize, that insurance companies are not there to pay out, but to make money.
After operating on over 18000 feet with this Osteotomy, you would think, that he would be recognized by everyone.His success rate of 97,4% speaks for itself.
Susann Parker says: “There are no other trained surgeons in the UK who can perform the micro invasive Boesch osteotomy apart from Dr Nollau. Some insurance companies will not recognize him, simply because of the cost factor. People need to realize, that insurance companies are not there to pay out, but to make money.
After operating on over 18000 feet with this Osteotomy, you would think, that he would be recognized by everyone.His success rate of 97,4% speaks for itself.”
Please refer me to the peer-review documentation of this claim, and tell me over which period this claimed number of procedures has been performed. Please also define for me the parameters by which a 97.4% success rate is claimed, and by whom it is claimed. Unless substantiated, these claims are meaningless and until supported independently scepticism is obligatory.
Which insurance companies DO recognise Dr Nollau? [Their contact addresses would be appreciated]