The percutaneous surgery is one of the most important developments in the last few decades regarding foot surgery. This is a technique in which it is possible to correct deformities and other problems with minimal incisions of about 3 or 4 mm, instead of using the traditional 5 or 6 cm incisions, reducing the post-op pain, getting a better aesthetic result and an earlier comeback to the daily activities.
Previously painful procedures, often associated with gross scars are now performed as ambulatory interventions performed with local o regional anesthesia , allowing the partient to make weight bearing from the first postoperative day and leave almost imperceptible scars.

Percutaneous surgery indications

• Bunions—Hallux valgus
• Tailor’s Bunion
• Metatarsalgia
• Plantar fasciitis – heel spur
• Morton’s neuroma
• Hammer toes and other minor deformities in the toes

Advantages

• It does not require hospitalisation
• It is not necessary to implant plates or screws
• It allows walking immediately after the post-op
• A better aesthetic result
• Local or regional anaesthesia
• Less post-op pain

Intraoperative photo Incisions used in percutaneous surgery