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This from the Daily mail today:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...els-again.html

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surgeons chopped off a bit of my toe- now I can wear heels again

Well that the main thing isn't it.

Sort of like saying "the cardiologist put a stent in my coronary artery so now I can eat duck confit every night of the week!"

I've cut down to two blocks of lard per day now.

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Who? What? When? Why? Yeah? And? So? What?

"My mission drive is to open up my eyes, 'cause the wicked lies and all the sh!te you say..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4NW5S1UTPQ

"Science is the antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."

Is this a "new" procedure? I didn't think it was?

This is minimal incision foot surgery isnt it ? - tiny incision, burr off the bone and suture.

I thought that it is generally not a good idea?

Classic. We've been trying to be "big" little foot surgeons like the orthopods, making foot surgery "major," and always lots of hardware.

And now an English orthopod has "pioneered" keyhole cheilectomy.

Maybe it's OK for us to do this kind of surgery now, since the orthopods do it.

Ha Ha Ha We're hopeless.

Cheers

Blashpemy! Any procedure where you can cut a 3mm incision, stick in a burr, wiggle it around and then close the wound with steri strips (to save more time instead of suturing) all within 10mins is fantastic.

Lets you work on the more important things in life like your golf swing and share portfolio.

**Please note sarcasm meter is now off the charts**

I thought US Pods pioneered minimal incision surgery (MIS) ? I also thought orthopods frowned on it. Maybe they are looking for new and innovative ways to justify their costs!!!!

Regardless the cheilectomy or the minimal incision equivalent of it is hardly "new".

"Blasphemy" - interesting choice of words.

I wonder if keyhole cheilectomy actually works? Could it possibly be better?

Hmmmmm. Is that a penny I hear dropping?

Cheers

Well, I suppose its OK if you are doing it arthroscopically like some orthopods advocate.

Given this guy seems to be doing it under flouroscopy what's the difference? Its hardly purely blind procedure.

Certainly sound sensible to me, but no doubt real foot surgeons would poo poo it.

LL

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Read the article and noted:

'My colleague and I pioneered keyhole cheilectomy 18 months ago and we’ve trained surgeons from five hospitals in the technique'.

Extraordinary ! Saw this being done in Spain 20 years ago, we wern`t keen as there was a limit to the control you could apply !

and

'Unfortunately, big toe replacement has a long history of failure, partly because it’s difficult to fix a new joint as there is so little space to anchor the parts securely'.

Not if you`re a 'foot surgeon'. That`s what we do !

As so often now you hear of something new and think, surely I know this. It`s really that someone with limited knowledge discover something and think it`s a discovery. It`s just new to them !

Hi All
Having just finished reading Ben Goldacre's `Bad Science` which I would thoroughly recommend for anyone interested in science in general and the media's poor and often grossly distorted coverage of science issues I would treat this tabloid article with some caution. In fact this book has changed the way I view ALL science reporting in the media.
Regards
Deborah