Dr. Troy Vargas, DPM

I met with Dr. Vargas as I was having issues with my big toe due to an old injury. He gave me non-surgical options and when those didn’t totally fix it, I opted for surgery. Very happy with surgery. I already have better range of motion after 2 weeks. Dr Vargas was professional, attentive and extremely competent. I highly recommend him and wouldn’t hesitate to go to him again or send friends to him.

I was having issues with plantar fasciitis and all he wanted to do was 'cut the nerve' and kept saying 'I love to cut the nerve.' Got a 2nd opinion from another podiatrist and she said she doesn't like to do that surgery because 70% of the time, PF will come back. Luckily, I found a sports med chiro who worked on my feet and had me back to walking with no foot pain in 3 weeks. Vargas is so incredibly arrogant and could care less about what the patient wants or needs; he just wants to do surgery.

Dr. Vargas did surgery on both of my feet. One is improved, one is much worse. Dr. Vargas has grandiose narcissistic tendencies. He spent most of my appointments talking about himself. I'm sure I know more about his hip replacement than he knows about my previous surgeries. At one point I told him we had not discussed something in a previous appointment and he invented an entire appointment where I came in solely to discuss that issue. Considering how easy it is to confirm that with medical records, it was concerning he would do something so unprofessional. I would not recommend him and would not go to him again. There are so many foot surgeons in the Twin Cities; skip this one.

Went in for surgery to alleviate chronic ankle pain and gain weight bearing on the inside ball of my foot. The Dr. was planning on doing three procedures to accomplish that. During the operation he decided that one of the procedures wasn’t necessary, so he skipped it. Because of this decision; I have zero weight bearing on the inside ball of my foot. (Which is supposed to have 40% of the foot’s bearing!) So all that weight is on other points and causing additional pain elsewhere. It was also one of the main reasons I opted for this surgery. It is so frustrating and depressing to make a commitment to fix yourself and have it all completely screwed up. When questioned why the surgery was unsuccessful; he said he didn’t want to overcorrect the issue, but it’s so drastically under corrected, that doesn’t make any sense. Then he showed me a pre op X-ray of my foot to explain the failure in hindsight and all I could think is “wasn’t this X-ray looked at and addressed before surgery”??

I had surgery with Dr. Vargas almost two years ago on both feet. One turned out great, the other he corrected some of the issues and created a new one. When I went back a year later he discovered that one of my toes was still broken and another surgery would be needed to fix it again! He made the comment that for patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis he leaves the pins in for 6 weeks instead of 4 (he knew I had RA as well as other health problems and pins were left in for 4 weeks). Then he just started talking about my next surgery and staff gave me a compression sleeve to wear on my toe! This was very disappointing!

very through and helpful

Dr Vargas is great and so is the rest of the staff at TCO!!

Dr. Vargas has been outstanding. Top notch skills paired with compassion. And a staff that is very pleasant and helpful. I would highly recommend him and his team!

My appointment with Dr Vargas went really well. He explained everything that I needed to know in a way that I could understand.

Thorough assessment of toes and metatarsals. A surgical plan was made and agreed with.

Dr Troy Vargas has done surgery on me before and now I am going to have him do another surgery. He is an excellent surgeon and a very nice man.

He gave me an Informative and educational description of my condition. Prescribed a schedule of treatment with PT. Everything is working out as he stated. Grateful for his care.

Dr vargas is a great surgeon. I wasn't able to walk because of arthritis. He reconstructed my entire foot. After three months I am now able to walk with no pain whatsoever. Great job.

Dr Vargas is an excellent surgeon and I highly recommend him. I had severe bunions and 4 hammertoes on each foot from 30 years of Rheumatoid Arthritis. He explained exactly what the surgery would entail and made me feel very confident in him as my surgeon. I am very pleased with my "new" feet and can walk on them painfree again!

Dr Vargas has performed multiple corrective surgeries for my sister and I. Both were both sport related injuries. He is very responsive and makes sure the pateint is well taken care of. The surgeries he has performed have all been extremely successful. Thank you, Dr. Vargas.

My experience with Dr. Vargas has been very positive. In fact everyone I came in contact with through the diagnosis to surgery and recovery was very supportive. I know success requires a commitment from me as well as my care team. No matter the question, staff and Dr. Vargas patiently answered them all. I know my surgery was complicated and the recovery long and tiresome. Nonetheless we all persevered to an end result that will keep me active and walking. A big thank you to Dr. Vargas & team.