Editorial Commentary: The Great Endoscopically Assisted Bunion Surgery That Will Never Become Popular-I Will Not Try This at Home.

Abstract

Bunion surgery almost invariably involves osteotomies and open incisions. Recently, some surgeons have been performing minimally invasive osteotomies with less morbidity, more rapid healing, and good results. These surgeries are heavily technique dependent, and other surgeons cannot always reproduce these results. Endoscopically assisted bunion surgery yielded excellent results at 10 years in this study but will likely never be used commonly because of the extremely demanding surgical technique and requisite learning curve.