Foot and Ankle
DEFINITION Tendinopathy of the Achilles tendon involves clinical conditions in and around the tendon arising …
DEFINITION Insertional and midsubstance Achilles tendinosis is a painful degenerative process that arises due…
DEFINITION Arthritis of the ankle can evolve from multiple causes, including, but not limited to, osteoarthri…
DEFINITION Pathology leading to a spectrum of motor function loss that includes loss of ankle dorsiflexion Co…
DEFINITION The procedure to fuse the tibiotalar joint for isolated endstage tibiotalar arthrosis ANATOMY Ankl…
DEFINITION Arthroscopy of the ankle has become an invaluable tool for evaluating and treating pathology in th…
DEFINITION There are several reasons for cartilaginous defects of the ankle: Traumatic injury Osteochondritis…
BACKGROUND The proximal opening wedge osteotomy is one of the more than 150 procedures described for the trea…
DEFINITION Triple arthrodesis is a procedure performed to restore and maintain physiologic hindfoot alignment…
DEFINITION Hallux rigidus is an arthritic condition of the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint. It is the m…
DEFINITION Correction of major bunion deformities through the proximal portion of the first metatarsal is wid…
DEFINITION An accessory navicular is an osseous abnormality that is caused by a secondary ossification center…
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