Foot and Ankle
DEFINITION Charcot foot arthropathy is an inflammatory disease process that primarily affects the foot and an…
DEFINITION Hallux rigidus is a degenerative condition of the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint. This lead…
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT The primary indication for a proximal closing wedge osteotomy is a symptomatic hallux val…
DEFINITION A calcaneal malunion refers to residual bony malalignment and associated clinical sequelae resulti…
DEFINITION Forefoot varus is a component of the multiplanar pes planovalgus deformity that occurs as a result…
DEFINITION The distal chevron osteotomy has proven to be a reliable, reproducible method of bunion repair for…
DEFINITION This is a procedure to definitively treat midfoot arthrosis with or without deformity. ANATOMY Mid…
DEFINITION Hallux sesamoid bone fracture is a break through the sesamoid bone or cartilage. Medial sesamoid b…
DEFINITION Hallux valgus is a deformity of the forefoot characterized by progressive lateral subluxation of t…
DEFINITION Turf toe injuries involve the capsular-ligamentous-sesamoid complex of the hallux metatarsophalang…
DEFINITION Sesamoiditis is a general term that indicates an injury to the sesamoid bone. There are multiple p…
DEFINITION Morton neuroma was first described in 1845 by Lewis Durlacher, a chiropodist to the Queen of Engla…
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