CRYOSURGERY

TAMPA, FL -- A bay area woman suffered foot pain so intense she wanted her foot amputated. She found relief with a Tampa doctor using cryosurgery.

Arlene Callithen's right foot looks normal and healthy but a nerve problem called Morton's Neuroma has kept her in unbearable pain. On a scale of one to ten, it was a ten. Many times I said to my husband, I'm going to find a doctor who will cut my foot off."

Arlene tried Novocain injections, nerve blocks and traditional surgery but the pain always returned. She says, I can't go to Walmart. I can't walk my dog without the pain and it hasn't been a week, it's been years."

Then she learned about Dr. Marc Katz, a Tampa doctor using cryosurgery to fix foot pain. The freezing procedure takes 15 minutes. The doctor administers a local anesthetic so Arlene won't feel the probe that is inserted between her toes.

Dr. Katz says, "I've made the procedure more efficient by using a color ultrasound which makes the procedure more precise."

After the exact nerve is frozen, the probe is removed. Antibiotic cream is put in the wound, the foot is wrapped and the patient is able to walk to the car. Arlene felt, No pain at all!"

The doctor says patients come from all over the country to have this procedure done. He's done 15 hundred procedures, about 10 a week.

Dr. Katz says, The nerve is killed during the procedure, but nerves always re-grow. But the idea is when it re-grows, it re-grows into a more normal nerve."

Recovery time is about 48 hours.

Arlene says, I will be so happy just to walk without pain. Its been that bad."

Doctor Katz says cryosurgery also treats heel pain and problems due to diabetic neuropathy. Cryosurgery is less expensive than traditional surgery and most insurance will cover the procedure if deemed medically necessary.

For more information:

Dr Marc Katz
Advanced Podiatry
508 s Habana Ave
Tampa
813-875-0555
Www.tampacryosurgery.com

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[nastymkfan]

Pretty good.

[EileenBriana]

I had my Neuroma removed and it is still killing me. I need to get this done.