Treatments

The treatments in Mein Fusszentrum are individually customized to meet patients complaints. A large majority of foot and ankle disorders can be treated conservatively, e. g. without surgery, but may still require intensive support by specialists (see conservative treatments). If the patient requires surgery, the type of operation is carefully determined by the type of disease and the needs of the patient.

Conservative treatment (non operative)

Mein Fusszentrum offers the entire range of non-operative treatment options for foot and ankle disorders:

  • Advice for shoe modifications/orthotics/insoles
  • Support in the rehabilitation after injuries and surgery
  • Injections of the foot and ankle
  • Sports Injury:
    • Achillestendon, Haglunds disease
    • Ankle sprain
    • Tendon inflamation: Achillestendon, Peroneal tendon, Tibialis posterior tendon
    • Stress fractures: metatarsal, navicular

Casts

Customized casts in all variations are used in the treatment of

  • acute trauma: ankle fractures, tendon injuries, ankle sprain
  • immobilisation after surgery of the foot and ankle
  • chronic wounds, for example in Diabetes mellitus

Treatment of wounds

Mein Fusszentrum offers wound care of the foot and ankle by experts for

  • Chronic wounds
  • Infections
  • Postoperative breakdown of the wounds
     

Surgical Treatment

If a patient requires surgery, this is carried out by one of our experienced orthopaedic surgeons. All surgeons of Mein Fusszentrum have extensive experience in the field of foot and ankle surgery.

Surgical procedures:

Forefoot

  • Bunion corrections / Hallux valgus
  • Clawtoe and hammertoe corrections

Reconstructive Foot and Ankle Surgery

  • Arthroscopically assisted reconstruction of ligaments, tendons and cartilage
  • Reconstruction in acute and chronic ankle instability
  • Tendon transfer in deformities and neurologic disease
  • Open reconstructive surgery in cartilage damage
  • Joint preserving surgery in Osteoarthrosis / osteoarthritis: Supramalleolar osteotomy, Calcaneus osteotomy
  • Treatment of acute and chronic tendon problems: Achillestendon / Haglund, Tibialis posterior tendon, Tibialis anterior tendon and peroneal tendons
  • Surgery for flat foot correction
  • Corrective surgery for Cavus Foot deformity

Traumatology / Emergency of the foot and ankle

  • Fracture of the lower leg, ankle and foot
  • Ligament injury after ankle sprain
  • Tendon injury: Achillestendon
  • Cartilage damage

Treatment of advanced stages of osteoarthrosis/osteoarthritis

  • Ankle replacement
  • Revision ankle replacement
  • Conversion of painful ankle fusion into an ankle replacement
  • Conversion of a painful ankle replacement into an ankle fusion
  • Fusions / Arthrodesis