A common question with Bunion surgery that Podiatrists hear all the time is does the surgery work, is it successful. Well I have great news. Bunion surgery has a success rate of about 85-90% and it’s been going on for 50 years now. Are some of the new operations really successful? Of course they are, but so are the operations from twenty years ago. Lapiplasty or Chevron or Austin, bunion surgery has a high success rate and high patient satisfaction regardless of the procedure performed.