Soft tissue excision or foreign body surgery on the foot
Soft tissue or foreign body surgery on a fingernail, toe, or foot can be performed by a surgical podiatrist when a foreign body has become lodged in a patient’s foot. It can be anything, including but not limited to: glass, metal, or wood.
It can also be used to perform a biopsy or remove a lesion that has become too large.
In podiatry, a soft tissue excision is defined by any surgical procedure designed to rid the foot of a deleterious element, whether it is a foreign body, a lesion, or a tumor.A qualified podiatrist can perform this minor foot surgery directly in the clinic under local anesthesia.
Nobody is safe from the possibility of having a foreign object stuck in their foot, because the countless steps that we take every day constantly expose our feet to all kinds of small objects.
The expertise of a podiatrist is fundamental in determining the type of foot surgery that needs to be performed to remove the foreign object…
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