Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery St. Petersburg: Walk in Days, Not Months
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One of the Only Surgeons in Florida Performing Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery, Right Here in St. Petersburg.
Most bunion surgeries involve large incisions, weeks of non-weight-bearing recovery, and significant downtime. Minimally invasive bunion surgery changes everything. Using specialized instruments and tiny incisions, often less than a centimeter, Dr. Barnett corrects the underlying bone deformity with dramatically less trauma to surrounding tissue. The result is faster healing, less post-operative pain, lower complication rates, and a return to walking in as little as two to seven days.
This technique is not widely available. Very few surgeons in Florida have the training, instrumentation, and case volume to perform minimally invasive bunion correction at the level Dr. Barnett does. If you’re in St. Petersburg, or anywhere in the Tampa Bay area, and want the most advanced bunion surgery available, you’ve found the right place.
We combine minimally invasive technique with in-house digital X-ray, 3D gait analysis, and detailed surgical planning to ensure every correction is precise, lasting, and tailored to your unique deformity.
Why Choose Us for Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery
Board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, one of Florida's few specialists performing minimally invasive bunion correction.
Getting a bunion fixed the right way requires more than a surgeon willing to operate. It requires a surgeon who has mastered the specific instruments, angles, and fixation techniques that make minimally invasive bunion surgery work. Performing this procedure poorly can result in recurrence, malunion, or a result worse than before. Dr. Barnett has the training, the tools, and the track record to do it right.
He is known throughout St. Petersburg, and increasingly across Florida, for achieving dramatic pain relief and excellent cosmetic outcomes through minimally invasive bunion correction, with patients walking far sooner than they expected and returning to normal shoes within weeks.
From the moment you walk through our doors, you’ll experience a level of compassion, precision, and personal attention that truly sets us apart.
A Full Range of Advanced Treatments for Bunion Correction
We offer one of the most comprehensive bunion treatment approaches in St. Petersburg, including both surgical and non-surgical options. This allows us to select the right correction for your specific deformity severity and lifestyle, and give it the best chance for permanent, lasting relief. Every decision is made with precision, experience, and the goal of getting it right the first time.
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Meet Dr. Zachery P. Barnett, DPM: Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery Specialist
Dr. Zachery Barnett’s passion for medicine began as a college volunteer at a charity walk, watching participants struggle with foot pain that limited everything they could do. That experience set him on a path to becoming one of the most technically advanced foot and ankle surgeons in Florida.
After medical school, he completed his surgical training at the University of Louisville, a Level 1 Trauma Center, with focused training in corrective forefoot surgery and minimally invasive techniques. Over more than a decade in private podiatric practice, Dr. Barnett has refined his bunion correction approach to prioritize the smallest possible incisions, the most anatomically correct realignment, and the fastest possible return to normal activity.
He is among a very small group of surgeons in Florida who perform true minimally invasive bunion surgery, not just a marketing term, but a specific, technically demanding procedure that requires dedicated training and experience. For severe or complex cases, he also performs Lapiplasty, the 3D bunion correction system with over 95% recurrence prevention at the mid-foot level.
Dr. Barnett has successfully operated on high school athletes, active retirees, professional workers who can’t afford weeks off their feet, and patients who had previous bunion surgeries elsewhere that failed. His approach is thorough, personalized, and built around getting you the best possible outcome, the first time.
Now practicing in St. Petersburg, he offers patients throughout Tampa Bay access to surgical expertise that is genuinely rare in this region.
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Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery, St. Petersburg, FL
Our St. Pete clinic is conveniently located in the heart of St. Petersburg, making expert minimally invasive bunion surgery easily accessible to patients throughout the city and the broader Tampa Bay region. We treat patients from across St. Pete, including downtown, Kenwood, Old Northeast, Shore Acres, Crescent Lake, and Gulfport, as well as surrounding Pinellas County communities. Because this procedure is so rarely available in Florida, patients also travel to us from Clearwater, Largo, Sarasota, Tampa, and beyond.
Dr. Zachery Barnett is a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon and one of the only providers in Florida offering true minimally invasive bunion correction. Many of our patients come after being told their only options were traditional open surgery with six to eight weeks of non-weight-bearing recovery, or to simply live with the pain. Dr. Barnett offers a genuine alternative: precise correction through tiny incisions, with most patients walking within days.
We understand what’s at stake for our patients, whether it’s a teacher who can’t be off her feet for two months, a runner who refuses to give up their sport, or a retiree who just wants to wear normal shoes again. Our surgical planning process is thorough, our technique is refined, and our post-operative care is attentive from day one through full recovery.
If you’re looking for minimally invasive bunion surgery in St. Petersburg, MIS bunion correction in St. Pete, or a trusted bunion surgeon near you in Florida, you’re in the right place. Our clinic combines the most advanced surgical technology available with the personal attention of a true boutique practice. Whether you’re dealing with a mild bunion that’s getting worse or a severe deformity that needs comprehensive reconstruction, we’re here to help you get back into the shoes you love, without the long, painful recovery that used to come with it.
Many of our patients in St. Petersburg arrive having already researched minimally invasive bunion surgery online and struggled to find a qualified local provider. That search ends here. As one of Florida’s few genuine MIS bunion specialists, Dr. Barnett offers expert correction for every severity of bunion deformity, from straightforward hallux valgus to complex revision cases. Whether you’re in downtown St. Petersburg or nearby neighborhoods like Gulfport, Treasure Island, or South Pasadena, we’re here to give your feet the expert care they deserve.