Foot Surgeries Minor surgeries

Foot cyst surgery comes to the rescue in case of persistent and painful swelling that restricts movement. It is a surgical procedure that helps slow cyst volume increase, all while reducing the risk of cysts coming back. However, patients normally tend to resort to other treatments first, seeing as cysts are usually painless. What are…

The surgical excision of plantar warts serves to remove recalcitrant or recurrent warts (verruca). Surgery becomes necessary when conservative treatments fail to contain the warts, or if your condition does not allow treatment with pharmacological agents. What are plantar warts? Plantar warts are skin lesions that appear as a result of viral infection, such as…

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…

Common in podiatry, the biopsy is a minor foot surgery that lets the podiatrist thoroughly analyze suspicious lesions. In this way, the podiatrist can precisely identify the type of their patients’ dermatological pathology. The podiatrist can then outline a treatment based on the analyzes’ results. What is a biopsy of the foot? In a foot…

How long does it take to heal from ingrown toenail surgery? Healing normally lasts from 2 to 4 weeks. The wound does not normally restrict the patient from practising their daily activities, but regular attention is required to ensure proper healing.