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Taking advancements in stride
Whether a car accident trauma or diabetic complication, Cape Cod Healthcare offers the facilities and podiatry expertise Cape patients need to relieve pain and restore function. Soft tissue procedures include reconstruction for deformities, performing biopsies and removing tumors. Bone procedures include fractures, bunionectomies, hammertoes, and bone spurs.

Technological advancements have enabled less invasive surgeries and smaller incisions. Operations for common ailments such as plantar fasciitis or neuromas are now approached via the endoscope – a lighted optical instrument with the diameter of a drinking straw.

“I can now relieve plantar fasciitis with a small incision instead of opening up the foot, avoiding complicated wounds,” said George Ducach, D.P.M., P.C. board certified podiatric surgeon at Falmouth Hospital. “Not everyone is a candidate for endoscopic surgery, so we also rely on traditional procedures that work beautifully, determining which procedure works best for each patient.”

Advancements are impacting every segment of podiatry, from common concerns to complex and high-risk bone infection surgeries.

“Podiatric surgery has developed in quantum leaps,” said C. Eugene Hill, Jr., D.P.M. board-certified podiatric surgeon at Cape Cod Hospital. “A large number of my surgeries treat osteomylitis – bone infections.”

“We remove the infected bone and use what’s left to reconstruct their foot - a major operation. The results are truly amazing,” said Dr. Hill. “These patients would have previously had a leg amputation just below the knee.”