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04/15/2025
Today, Treace is proud to announce the second annual National Bunion Day™ in the United States.
National Bunion Day™ serves as an opportunity to raise awareness of the common bone deformity in the foot, which often includes debilitating pain for millions of adults in the U.S. The challenges posed by bunions affect over 67 million Americans, with ~ 1 in 4 U.S. adults suffering from the deformity.*
"National Bunion Day™ highlights our commitment to the communities we serve by raising awareness and providing educational resources to both patients and clinicians. Our goal is to eliminate the stigma and misinformation surrounding bunions through dedicated support and advocacy, “said John T. Treace, CEO and Founder of Treace.
Today is more than just a date; National Bunion Day™ is a movement to liberate ourselves from the stigma and . We look forward to continuing to bring attention to disruptive bunion health issues with education about bunion-related concerns and the latest treatment options available, while empowering individuals to take control of their foot health.
This Foot Health Awareness Month, we’re and ending the stigma together! As the creator of , Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. is proud to celebrate the second annual National Bunion Day™ here in the United States.
At Treace, our goal is to advance the standard of care for the surgical management of bunions and related midfoot deformities. Establishing National Bunion Day™ on the third Tuesday of April every year serves as an important opportunity to support broader awareness of bunions, their causes, and the importance of early intervention.
The challenges posed by bunions affect over 67 million Americans, with ~ 1 in 4 U.S. adults suffering from the deformity.¹
Lapiplasty® 3D Bunion Correction® has changed the lives of over 130,000 patients and counting.² Let’s get patients back on their feet and to the activities they love, today!
Treace Medical extends our sincere gratitude to everyone who visited our booth or participated in BunionMasters™ hands-on training events at the 2025 American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons Annual Scientific Conference in Phoenix. Our team truly enjoyed connecting with you and showcasing the latest advancements in our product portfolio.
For those who couldn’t attend, BunionMasters™ is our surgeon-led, bunion-focused education program designed to connect surgeons with top faculty and provide hands-on experience with our industry-leading 3D Bunion Correction® solutions—including Lapiplasty®, Adductoplasty®, and our newest innovations: Nanoplasty™, Percuplasty™, and SpeedMTP™.
Interested in joining our next BunionMasters™ event and gaining early access to the latest in 3D Bunion Correction®? Contact your Treace Sales Representative today.
We are proud to congratulate Dr. John Sakla (Chicago, IL) on becoming a Lapiplasty® Center of Distinction!
Learn more about the benefits and risks associated with Lapiplasty® 3D Bunion Correction® at Lapiplasty.com.
Treace Medical is not recommending any particular surgeon. You should make an independent determination regarding the qualifications and suitability of Lapiplasty® surgeons found at www.Lapiplasty.com/doctor.
Criteria for Center of Distinction defined at Lapiplasty.com/doctor.
02/18/2025
Celebrating a milestone Lapiplasty® 3D Bunion Correction® with Dr. Penny Lawin of Jackson, MS.
Learn more about the benefits and risks associated with Lapiplasty® 3D Bunion Correction® at Lapiplasty.com.
Treace Medical is not recommending any particular surgeon. You should make an independent determination regarding the qualifications and suitability of Lapiplasty® surgeons found at www.Lapiplasty.com/doctor.
02/12/2025
We are proud to congratulate Dr. Jesse Burks of Little Rock, AR, on using our latest innovation, the Lapiplasty® SpeedPlate™ Rapid Compression Implants, for the first time.
Treace Medical is not recommending any particular surgeon. Patients should make an independent determination regarding the qualifications and suitability of Lapiplasty® surgeons found at www.Lapiplasty.com/doctor.
02/03/2025
Discover why surgeons like Dr. Delmonte choose Lapiplasty® 3D Bunion Correction®.
Lapiplasty® is a surgical procedure. The opinions expressed by this doctor are not necessarily those of TMC Inc. Risks include but are not limited to: infection, discomfort from the presence of the implant, loosening of the implant with loss of correction with nonunion or malunion. If any of these occur, additional treatments may be needed. For complete risk and benefit information, visit Treace.com.
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In June 2014, John Treace, the CEO and Founder of Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., brought a group of talented foot and ankle surgeons together and posed a simple question to them: “What is your most frustrating clinical challenge?”
A spirited discussion ensued, but a recurring theme soon became obvious to all in attendance. Each surgeon there admitted to being extremely frustrated with the inconsistent outcomes of their bunion correction surgeries (osteotomies) and were trying to find a better way to treat their patients. At this meeting of the minds, Dr Paul Dayton of Des Moines, IA, presented data that he had been collecting related to a new school of thought on bunion surgery: three-dimensional (3D) bunion correction. His early research and initial clinical experience was quite promising, indicating that 3D Bunion Correction™ could provide a more anatomic, permanent correction of the bunion deformity.
The team also delved into published clinical data and found several articles that validated their individual hunches that something just wasn’t quite right with the most common way to treat a bunion at that time, a metatarsal osteotomy, which was a two-dimensional (2D) surgical approach:
Dayton P, Feilmeier M, Kauwe M, Hirschi J. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2013, 52:348-54. “A consistent rotational component (i.e. 3D deformity) was observed in the bunion patient population.”
Okuda R, Kinosh*ta M, Yasuda T, et al. JBJS. 2007. 89:2163-72. “Bunions are significantly likely to return when the unstable joint/rotational aspect of deformity is not addressed. That likelihood can be 12X higher if all 3 dimensions are not addressed.”
Pentikainen I, Ojala R, Ohtonen P, Piippo J, Leppilahti J, Foot Ankle Int. 2014, 35:1262-7. “Up to 70% of osteotomy patients have their corrected bunions return over time.”
It was rather an exciting “ah-ha moment” for the team. And, armed with these eye-opening revelations, the doctors and employees of Treace Medical were energized to offer patients a better alternative.
Our goal was to establish a new, patented surgical technique and instrumentation which would truly benefit patients by addressing all three dimensions of the bunion deformity and its root cause, while also allowing for fast-weight bearing after surgery.¹ It was important that we came up with a technique which not only addressed all three-dimensions of the bunion deformity so that it would be far less likely to recur; but that this new technique would also take the “free-hand cuts” and “guesswork” out of the traditional surgical procedure so that all trained doctors could experience reliable and reproducible results for their patients. And, that’s how (and why) Lapiplasty® 3D Bunion Correction™ came into being. Four years after the initial meeting, it’s been rewarding to present clinical data of our own which confirms the dramatic difference between Lapiplasty® 3D Bunion Correction™ and the traditional 2D osteotomy procedure. A 13.5 month follow-up, multi-center study resulted in 97% of Lapiplasty® patients maintaining their 3D correction with no bunion recurrence.²Together, with our surgeon partners, Treace Medical Concepts is committed to better patient outcomes and to Fix It Right The First Time.™
¹ Smith B, et al. 2017 AOFAS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. ² Santrock R, et al. 2018 AOFAS Annual Meeting, Boston MA.
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