Arthritis in feet - Fusion operation

lizhorehants

Hi

I’m a 67 yr old woman. I’ve had OA in knees for years, held under control with injections. Last 2 years in left foot; Talvuncular joint now right awaiting mri. However, consultant says foot needs fusing.

Has anyone experienced this? Private or nhs? Did it work? What was recovery like? Honesty appreciated.

thank you

liz

noddingtonpete

Hello @lizhorehants and welcome to the Community. We are friendly and supportive and hopefully that will be your experience as well.

Have a look through the following from our website which I hope might be of some help.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/treatments/surgery/foot-and-ankle-surgery/

You could also search on ankle fusion for example - just use the magnifying glass at the top - and you will see there have been a lot of discussions on this already so hopefully some good experiences to read about.

Please let us know how you are getting on.

Best wishes

Peter

frogmorton

Hi @lizhorehants nice to meet you😊

I thought this search did might help

https://community.versusarthritis.org/search?domain=all_content&query=foot%20fusion&scope=site&source=community

Take care

Toni x