We are looking for professionals in every field, and medicine is no exception. When it comes to our health and quality of life, we need to be confident in our choices and find the best solution to our problem.
Rudenko Medical Center is a health care institution with many years of experience in foot microsurgery not only in Zaporizhzhia, the clinic is known throughout Ukraine and beyond. Orthopedic surgeons are experts in the field of reconstructive interventions for acquired and congenital diseases of the lower limb.
The level of trust from patients does not need additional words - every day we help dozens of people get rid of pain and achieve the desired result, thanks to foot operations.
The most common complaints from our patients with foot problems include:
- Varus\valgus deformity
- Deformation of the fingers in the hammer-like type or superimposing them on each other
- Pain\burning when walking or at rest
- Nocturnal convulsive attacks in the feet and lower legs
- Shooting pain of a certain permanent localization - for example, in the area of 3-4 fingers
- The formation of "cones" at the level of the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint/little finger
Each of these symptoms limits the ability to walk freely and indicates the need to consult an orthopedic trauma specialist in Zaporizhzhya at the Rudenko Medical Center. Delaying the visit can cause irreversible changes in the lower extremities and significantly limit the patient's mobility to the point of needing crutches or other assistive devices. Therefore, foot surgery is the best solution in some cases.
What pathologies of the foot can be treated at the Rudenko Medical Center?
As a specialized orthopedic center for foot surgery in Zaporizhzhia, with powerful technological capabilities, we accept patients with any diseases, congenital or acquired. But most often we are approached with the following requests:
- Post-traumatic deformations of the feet, cicatricial changes of soft tissues and the condition after traumatic amputations of fingers or other parts
- Longitudinal and transverse flat feet with varus deformity
- Hallux valgus
- Morton's neuroma
- Plantar fasciitis
- Hammer-like deformity of the toes
- Taylor's disease
- Deformation of fingers as a result of rheumatological diseases
- Congenital deformities: clubfoot, syndactyly, polydactyly
Any of these problems does not allow a full and healthy life, provoking both physical discomfort and pain.
This causes degenerative changes in structures that are practically irreversible:
Post-traumatic changes in the foot and condition after amputation
These are situations that are always relevant, and especially today. Given these clinical cases, it is critically important to maintain full support for the limb and form a soft tissue framework that will ensure functionality and protect bones from improper redistribution of loads and stress fractures. In reconstructive surgery of the foot, it is important to preserve the architecture of tissues and vascular-nerve bundles. This is delicate work, which is within the power of experienced specialists of the Rudenko Orthopedic Center in Zaporizhzhia. The clinic has all the capacity to perform this type of foot surgery and the necessary qualification level of specialists to ensure the best result of restoration of functions after traumatic events.
Longitudinal and transverse flat feet
Acquired pathologies, which are the result of innate formation of structures and the influence of adverse risk factors on the limbs, such as:
- Heels
- Narrow shoes
- The sole of the shoe does not match the arch of the foot
- Excessive body weight
This disease may not be clinically manifested at all and may not cause discomfort, or it may cause significant pain syndrome and lead to habitual dislocations in the ankle joint. Manifestations of flat feet will depend on the degree of progression of the disease and the individual anatomical features of each person.
Hallux valgus, or "bump" on the foot
A pathological condition that is characteristic in the vast majority of women and depends on genetic features during intrauterine formation of the foot. External factors for the development of hallux valgus have an indirect effect, but the disease itself creates significant inconveniences in everyday life, starting from the impossibility of choosing shoes that do not cause pain, to the incorrect redistribution of the load and the lower limb, and the impact on the knee and hip joints. Foot surgery in this case will be the most optimal treatment option.
Morton's neuroma
This disease is a benign formation of hypertrophied fibrous tissue at the level of the plantar nerve, which mainly has an inflammatory genesis - a consequence of chronic microtraumatization of the structures of the foot. Neuroma usually has a typical localization between the 3rd and 4th metatarsal bones, less often between the 2nd and 3rd bones. It is clinically manifested by shooting pains in the location of the neuroma after physical exertion and relief of pain at night. In the absence of timely treatment, compression of the nerves of the foot may occur and symptoms of impaired sensitivity in the limb may develop. It is important to consult a specialist at the first signs of illness in order to prevent complications and maintain health.
Plantar fasciitis
Inflammation of the plantar, or plantar fascia, caused by chronic microtraumatization of the plantar surface of the foot. This condition is characterized by the appearance of pain immediately after the cessation of physical activity, its burning nature and periodic cramping in the foot. Fasciitis can develop as an independent disease, or it can provoke the development of enthesopathy of the hump of the heel bone, known as "heal spur".
Finger deformities
Hammer-like deformity, Taylor's disease, deformities due to flat feet or rheumatological diseases - this is not only a cosmetic problem, but also brings very real pain sensations and can be accompanied by the development of arthritis in the small interphalangeal joints of the fingers. With the development of such diseases, an examination by a specialist is mandatory for choosing treatment tactics, since it is worth remembering that any corrective devices or orthoses are only a masking of the real problem and a waste of precious time instead of effective therapy.
Congenital deformities of the feet
Such pathologies concern almost exclusively children's patients. Clubfoot, shortening of the limbs, fusion of fingers or their excessive number - all these conditions are the result of a violation of the formation of the skeleton of the baby in utero. We have the possibility of full medical patronage not only for adults, but also for our smallest visitors. Surgical interventions of any complexity in the field of pediatric orthopedics are performed by our pediatric specialists - orthopedic surgeons. The entire team of the medical center works every day so that each of our little patients has a chance for a healthy and happy future.
Contact the Rudenko Medical Center and take steps towards your health, and we will do everything to ensure that these steps are safe and pain-free.