Foot & Ankle Surgery

I am a regional expert in MIS Foot and Ankle Surgery, having introduced it to the North Midlands region. My focus is on treating conditions such as bunions, lesser toes deformities, forefoot problems, heel issues, and foot deformities such as flat and high-arched feet. Through the use of minimally invasive surgical procedures, my aim is to minimize tissue disruption, decrease swelling, and expedite the recovery process. The positive feedback from numerous patients serves as evidence of the improved recovery experience facilitated by my techniques.

I have extensive training in MIS visiting and learning from best of the best surgeons in the field, both within the UK and internationally, which has greatly broadened my knowledge and expertise. These visits have facilitated the exchange of ideas and the integration of new techniques into my everyday practice.

More than one third of people over the age of 65 have bunions. It affects ladies twice as much as men. Many people live with this condition without any trouble. For many others however this stubborn lump on the inner side of the foot creates significant problem when shoes become more and more difficult to ware, and the big to continues to progressively drift laterally causing lesser toes deformities, forming painful callosities and drastically reducing quality of life. For these patients a corrective surgery is the only reliable option.

I correct bunions through minimally invasive surgery. It means cutting and resetting bones in the foot through tiny skin incisions using special instruments and implants. With minimal soft tissue trauma, and swelling this technique dramatically reduces pain and speeds up the recovery.

8% of the population suffer from arthritis in their big toe. This condition develops slowly and can range from mild discomfort to severe pain that affects both walking and resting. One common symptom is a painful bony lump at the base of the big toe.

In more severe cases, surgery is often necessary. The two most commonly performed procedures are cheilectomy, which involves removing excess bone to restore joint movement, and fusion of the base of the big toe, which removes the diseased joint and uses metal implants to create a stable and pain-free joint. 

I am one of the few surgeons performing the minimally invasive cheilectomy procedure through a tiny incision in the skin.

Many individuals suffer from deformities in their lesser toes, which can pose significant challenges due to their chronic nature and intricate characteristics. These deformities can impact one or multiple toes, resulting in pain, chronic callosities and difficulties in wearing shoes on a daily basis.

I routinely treat patients with lesser toes problems. These multi-element deformities are rather difficult to correct with traditional open surgery sometimes leaving very stiff toes with metal pins protruding for several weeks.

Thankfully modern minimally invasive surgical techniques allow to correct many of these deformities successfully with minimal soft tissues disruption and no need for metalwork. I treat all of my patients using this novel approach and results I see are consistently encouraging.

Insertional tendinopathy occurs where the tendon connects to the heel bone, called the calcaneum. It typically presents as a painful bony lump at the back of the heel, causing significant pain and making it uncomfortable to wear shoes.

This condition often requires surgery. The traditional open operation involves a large skin incision to remove the diseased tendon and offending bone prominence, and then reattaching the tendon. While this procedure can provide pain relief, it carries risks. Recovery can take well over a year, and there is also a risk of skin breakdown, which can be challenging to treat.

Fortunately, there are innovative minimal excess techniques available for insertional Achilles tendinopathy. One of the most successful operations is where the heel bone is shortened through tiny skin incisions and fixed with screws to relieve to pressure from a diseased tendon on diseased bone. It is called minimally invasive Zadek’s osteotomy. Patients are able to walk straight away needing a special boot for about 4 weeks.