What are the outcomes from modern bunion surgery?

Mr. Vishak, bunions historically have had a bad reputation in terms of operative outcomes. What are the outcomes these days in terms of surgery to treat bunions? Historically bunions do have a bad outcome and that's because of the way they were treated. They used to be done with the shortening osteotomy and treated in plaster. Nowadays surgical techniques have moved on a lot since then. We treat them with small incisions and we fix the fractures or the osteotomies by small titanium screws therefore we allow our patients to start fully weight-bearing straight away in special shoes and the outcome is much better. 95% success rate by most foot surgeons.