What is Cryo-surgery?
Cryo-surgery is a minimally invasive in-office procedure, and is often preferred to more than traditional kinds of surgery because Cryo-surgery has minimal pain, scaring, cost, and down time.
Patients undergoing Cryo-surgery usually experience minor to localized pain and redness which can be alleviated with aspirin or ibuprofen. Blisters may for, but usually scab over and peel away within several days. In most cases where cryo-surgery is used to treat heel pain, the results are usually permanent relief.
Dr. Nordyke is one of the few heel pain specialist nationwide performing the Cryo-surgery procedure for pain relief of the foot, ankle, and heel. Foot Cryo-surgery is a safe in-office procedure utilizing controlled cooling temperature. This will produce a prolonged nerve block by destroying portions of tiny sensory nerve tissue that cause pain.
Foot, ankle, and or heel Cryo-surgery indications:
- Heel Pain
- Neuromas
- Arthritis heel pain =0 D
- Neuropathy
- Plantar Fibroma
- General foot, ankle, or heel pain
Advantages to foot, ankle, or heel Cryo-surgery:
- Minimally invasive
- In office procedure
- Low cost and low risk
- Walking the day of procedure
- Minimal down time from work/activities
