Big Toe Joint Implant Surgery for Arthritis by San Francisco Podiatrist

Arthritis in the big toe joint can destroy the cartilage and is a common cause of foot pain. The condition is know as "hallux rigidus" and surgery is sometimes required as performed here by San Francisco foot surgeon and podiatrist Dr. Christopher Segler. WARNING: GRAPHIC SURGICAL IMAGES: VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED!

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• podiatrist
• foot
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• joint
• cartilage
• implant
• replacement
• big toe
• San Francisco
• podiatry
• arthritis
• pain
• surgeon
• hallux rigidus health

[Jec8976]

I'm in the weird part of YouTube again...

[domnic0]

@sflsurfrider Can you still stand on your toes and do calf excercises? Did your metatarsal arch fall and was that fixed in surgery?

[Gecko101Reveiws]

I was just looking around and I found this. It kind of creeped me out and I hate to say it but I think I just learned something

[sflsurfrider]

i just had this exact procedure done 6 weeks ago, but on my right foot. so far, so good!

[pocho31]

to the injury I have. I think there might be some synovial liquid involved because if i bend you can feel like water. I went to diferent doctros but none could cure me, they even thought I had gout, but my uric acid levels are just fine. My humble opinion is I have osteoarthritis due to the injure and what I am afraid of is that the bone at the joint might have grow a cyst or something that may no be letting me bend it or that is damaging the nerve. Opinions would be gratefully apreciated. = )

[pocho31]

I am looking for help. I have gone to many orthopedics but none has cured me. I have chronic pain in my big toe, but it is in the first joint. Because all the info i have found on line is fot the second joint. Mine was because i hit a concrete wall really bad a year ago. But the doctor took xrays and said there was no fracture so, the pain went away but after a year the pain came back during winter in the same joint. I have read a book on the matter and it seems to me it is osteoarthritis due

[MsSSminnow]

This looks better than having the total joint replacement. I have avoided fusion with hopes that something else would come up.

I'm interested in how these are doing long term and if osteophytes continue to form.

[Krillain]

@lisaweney hi, can i ask how old you are?

[moonfairy777]

had my done a week ago. i had no cartilage in my joint near the ball of my foot.

OH THE PAIN.......

still recuperating.......

[whitehawk38]

if the cartilage is gone is it gone for good?