Seeing is believing

Cameron · Jan 7, 2008

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Contact lens technology used in foot surgery.
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toeslayer

admin · Jan 7, 2008

My toe was in agony until surgeons put a contact lens inside it
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!!!!!

A few years ago I heard about a gel-like material called SaluCartilage, developed in America. It's made from a similar substance to that used to make soft contact lenses. Even under pressure and friction it does not wear at all.

In December 2002, I used it to operate on my best friend, who suffered from osteoarthritis in his foot, at the German Podiatry Institute in Munich.

I'm pleased to say he's walking well, and is still my best friend! Since then, I've performed 117 operations in Germany, all with excellent results. Now I'm training surgeons all over the world.
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He told me that with conventional surgery I'd have the toe joint fused together using wires and metal plates. This would stop the pain, but would leave the toe rigid - and with the possibility of painful symptoms recurring.

However, he said he had a new procedure - I would be the first person in the UK to have it - which was not only less painful, but longer-lasting and would bring back total mobility to the toe.

I had the operation in August - when I woke up I was told I'd be able to walk home from the hospital in an hour, without limping. Sure enough I did. I did feel nauseous from the anaesthetic and a tenderness on my toe joint but within a week I was jogging on the treadmill at my gym.

Now I'm in training for a triathlon. I can run and walk, because the surgery has taken the pain away, and I have got my quality of life back.
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drsarbes · Jan 16, 2008

sounds a lot like a silastic hemi-implant to me.

So, he had a traumatic hallux rigidus, had a hemi replacement - so?

This also sounds like an anecdotal ad.

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