Oliver Schipper, MD - Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon - Anderson Clinic

06/03/2020

Here's a minimally invasive bunionectomy. This technique offers patient who suffer from a bunion a faster recovery with less pain compared to traditional open bunionectomy. These patients only take 3 op**te tablets on average after surgery. For more information: https://andersonclinic.com/directory/people/show/oliver-n-schipper/

06/03/2020

Here's an Exactech Vantage Total Ankle Replacement. It has the advantages of very bone sparing tibial and talar bone cuts, axial fixation to reduce the risk of early loosening, and a net compression polyethylene plastic component to reduce early particle wear and osteolysis. For more information: https://andersonclinic.com/directory/people/show/oliver-n-schipper/

Dr. Oliver N. Schipper is a board certified orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon who specializes in ankle replacement, foot and ankle trauma, reconstruction, and sports medicine, and minimally invasive bunion surgery (bunionectomy). He practices in the Northern Virginia (Alexandria, Lorton, Arlington,....

08/13/2019

Check out one of our prior patient's experience with minimally invasive bunion surgery (bunionectomy): https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.inovanewsroom.org/imvh/2019/06/inova-patient-puts-best-foot-forward/amp/

Minimally invasive bunion surgery makes recovery easier and much less painful Thanks to minimally invasive bunion surgery, Vienna Skinner, stretching above, can be active again without pain. She is back to playing volleyball every week. Vienna Skinner, a 25-year-old substitute teacher and coach from...

03/15/2019

Check out this minimally invasive bunion correction using the MICA (minimally invasive chevron akin) technique

10/20/2018

Check out this article on the first total ankle replacement performed at Mount Vernon Hospital from their newsletter.

08/25/2018

Check out this revision ankle replacement for a failed STAR ankle replacement with loose, subsided tibia and gutter impingement. Posted with permission.

07/05/2018

If you're in Boston, come check out my talk on the new generation of nitinol staples and their uses in foot and ankle surgery on July 11th, or my talk on highly cross linked polyethylene vs conventional polyethylene for ankle replacement on July 12th at the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Boston Hotel.

06/21/2018

Check out this bone sparing PROPHECY INFINITY total ankle replacement, for more info: http://andersonclinic.com/directory/people/show/oliver-n-schipper/

04/20/2018

Check out this ankle replacement in a patient with varus ankle arthritis. The INBONEII prosthesis was used due to the amount of deformity.

04/20/2018

Check out this complex reconstruction (right image) of a first metatarsophalangeal joint after failed hemiarthroplasty (half joint replacement) with significant bone loss and shortening (left image).

03/22/2018

Our research abstract on ankle replacement bearing surfaces was accepted to the 2018 American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting: Conventional Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Versus Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene from Semi-Constrained, Fixed-Bearing Total Ankle Arthroplasty Systems: A Comparison of Wear Characteristics

Thank you to my co-authors: Steve Haddad, Spencer Fullam, Robin Pourzal, and Markus Wimmer.

02/20/2018

Heres another minimally invasive (keyhole) bunionectomy. Notice the small incisions only used to perform the procedure over the inside of the foot.