Bunionectomy - Plate and Screws

Hi I am wondering if you had the surgery and how it went? I am a candidate for having a plate used in the bunion surgery on my right foot. I had tried the surgery 8 years ago with two screws and it came back almost immediately. I had to have the screws out almost two years ago as one was almost going through the bottom plate of my foot. I'd almost rather not have the screws put in again and positioned in the same way because I dont want that happening again. I agree I would also rather not have to keep the hardware in my foot but I'm not confidant the bunion would not come back so I am considering the plate as the best bet.

Hope your surgery went well and you have recovered back to full functioning by now.

I had a bilateral bunionectomy done Feb. 7, 2013.  Unfortunately things did not go well.  The doctor called the next day after my surgery and told me he almost didn't do the surgery because the bones in my foot were very soft, but he did it anyway.  Which I am upset about.  On my next visit I asked him why he did the surgery, he said that I begged him.  I was under anesthesia and he/I didn't know I had soft bones until he cut me open, talking in my sleep, LOL.   I had a scan done and found out I had very bad osteoporosis -4.0 in my spine and osteopenia in my hips, I didn't have a clue that I had this.  It surprised me, because I lifted things, danced, did yoga.  The only thing that I had noticed in the last year is lower back pain.  Well anyway, I also have a plate of sorts with screws, the doctor said he had to use a surgical glue which contained apatite'.......it's actually a component of the bone, you could look it up online, to hold the screws in place. He told me they will never be taken out.  I'm upset mostly because I am still limping, my big toe collapsed toward my other toes, I can't bend my toe to walk properly, and I can't go down the stair in a straight normal way, going up isn't as bad.  I have thought about suing him but my boyfriend thinks its more trouble then its worth.   My GYN prescribed Calcitonin/Salmon, the generic of the pricey brand which is a nasal spray, for my osteoporosis.  I was unable to take any of the dangerous osteo medications on the market, trust me,  they are all dangerous, Actonel, Prolia, etc.  I do not recommend bunion surgery for anyone osteo or no osteo.  For my osteo, besides the nasal spray, I take Cal Apatite' Forte Capsules MCHC with Vitamin D.  The company name is Metagenics.  Also it's important to take magnesium, vitamin C and another important supplement is Vitamin K.  Lookup Susan Brown, woman to woman and bone health.  Good Luck

Hi, this conversation came up in search. I went to podiatrist with pain in toe. I had no cartilage in right big toe and also bone spur on joint that adjoins toe to foot. He did bunionectomy on that and incision on left of foot. It looks like 5 inches. Well once it healed, I noticed that I was walking flat footed. My toe does not bend. My ankle is strained and top of my foot seems swollen. Bones in my foot are not moving right. I go back to doctor months later and I'm like, "What is in my foot?" He said. "A plate" I'm like "A plate ??. I thought you were going to do screws." Well I saw xray and that plate reaches from my toe all the way to the instep of my foot!!! I am totally upset. Surgery was in January, 2021 and it is now June, 2021. I wish I had've gone to another doctor. He did not explain and I didn't know enough about it. I am a very active person. I am not sure things are that much better. Pain is gone, but plate is uncomfortable and my other foot muscles don't function that well now. Some of them don't bend as well as used to due to that plate.