Foot and Ankle surgeries often require a combination of plates and screws to be inserted into the foot.

Although the intention is to keep the hardware in the foot, sometime the hardware can become painful requiring removal.

Dr. Marsh does not remove hardware until a year after surgery unless it is infected.

When required, Dr. Marsh removes hardware through as minimally invasive incision as possible. After hardware is removed most patients will be able to fully weight-bear right away.

Soft tissue masses of the foot and ankle can be troublesome and painful

Most masses are benign and include ganglion cysts, mucoid cysts, lipomas, fibromas & osteochondromas

Rarely the masses are malignant. Rarely do benign masses of the foot transform into malignant masses. If the diagnosis is unclear an excisional biopsy may be required

As masses enlarge they can press on surrounding nerves that can causes pain. They can make show wear difficult and painful. If symptomatic, painful masses can be resected.