Bunion (Hallux Valgus) Correction
It’s not a bump. It’s an angle — and angles can be corrected.
A bunion is a progressive malalignment of the big toe joint, not just a bony bump. Modern keyhole and open techniques restore the alignment with much faster recovery than older surgery.
Will it come back?
Modern corrections realign the bone, the joint capsule and the muscle pull — recurrence rates are far lower than the older “shave the bump” operations that gave bunion surgery a bad name.
Walking after surgery
Most patients walk on the day of surgery in a stiff-soled protective shoe, return to regular footwear around 6 weeks, and to sports by 3 months.
How Dr. Mohit Prajapati treats it
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Footwear modification & spacers
Wide toe-box shoes and silicone spacers control symptoms in early bunions.
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Minimally invasive (keyhole) correction
The deformity is corrected through 3–5 mm incisions — less swelling, earlier walking.
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Scarf / Akin osteotomy
The gold-standard open correction for moderate to severe deformity.
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Fusion procedures
For bunions with arthritis of the big toe joint, fusion gives a pain-free, stable toe.