Both Dr. Young and Dr. Nelson have years of experience doing bunion surgery and reconstruction. Dr. Young and Dr Nelson do 2-3 bunion surgeries every week.

Our staff are familiar with our postoperative protocols and how to help ideal care for our patients after surgery.

Both Dr. Young and Dr. Nelson work together on virtually all bunion surgeries, so you have an experienced expert team.

Know that Dr. Young and Dr. Nelson use specialize instruments to ensure that you have the best possible result. Some of these instruments are not available at the local hospitals. So when they do surgery at the hospitals they bring them with them, to make certain that you have the best possible equipment and supplies.  The same equipment and supplies are always available at Foot Surgical Center of Issaquah, the certified surgical suite directly adjacent to our clinic.

Foot Surgical Center of Issaquah is certified by The Joint Commission.  This is the same certifying board that hospitals use for their certification.

Know that you will will have anesthesia and you will be sedated by a CRNA (certified nurse anesthetist), you will virtually sleep through your surgery and you will not remember or feel anything.  When you do wake up, your foot will be numb from the local anesthetic that was administered by Dr. Young or Dr. Nelson while you were sleeping.

If you have any other questions regarding this type of surgery available through our clinic please contact our office or give us a call at 425-391-8666.

We see a lot of patients for bunion consults and we perform 2 to 3 bunion surgeries every week.

Over the course of time, we’ve had multiple questions from patients prior to surgery and here are some of the most important ones to ask your surgeon.

How are you going to make sure that my bunion doesn't come back after surgery?

Do you do the surgery by yourself or is there an assistant surgeon?

Are you board-certified or board qualified in foot surgery?

How will you make sure that I don’t have too much pain or swelling after surgery?

What do you do to help minimize pain and swelling after surgery?

What do you do to make sure that I heal as quickly as possible?

How do you protect the surgical site afterwards to make sure that heals correctly?

Do use a boot or a real cast?

Am I able to bear weight after surgery, and what are the normal time frames to expect for healing and weight bearing?

If you have a bunion or have questions about it we would be happy to see you in consultation. Give us a call at 425-391-8666 or make an appointment online.

I hear this question a lot from our patients. There are several different things to consider. But there are other things to think about, for example is the bunion rapidly getting worse? As our patients get older over time that's another consideration - you want to treat it while you still can heal without problems. For example as we all get older our bone healing capacity slows down and can be more of a challenge. If you wait or put it off 10 or 20 years even though it is still quite significant, then there is the risk that as you get older you are no longer a good candidate for surgery that involves significant bone healing. And the problem is that over time some problems such as bunions can become so deformed and crippling that they limit physical activity and the ability to wear normal shoes.

The other problem is that sometimes the type of procedure needed to fix the bunion is more involved as you procrastinate, as the bunion becomes more and more deformed. Also in some cases, the surgical treatment would be partial correction because the full correction procedure is one that you can't heal from if you wait too long.

Remember that bone healing capacity always seems to slow down with age, and women are more affected than men. With this in mind, you do not want to leave a bunion that could be crippling later in life and could no longer be treated successfully or fully corrected. You do want to make sure that you get it treated while you are healthy and young and able to heal quickly without complications.

If you have a bunion and would like to have evaluation and discuss when the right time for treatment is please let us know. Give us a call at 425-391-8666 or make an appointment online today.