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The global burden of geriatric hip fractures is enormous. From both the patient's and physician’s perspective, the injury is complex. A hip fracture often changes a patient’s life and/or the life of the patient’s family permanently. From the physician’s perspective, care of geriatric hip fracture patients requires a multidisciplinary team, which is led by the surgeon and which includes internists and other subspecialists within internal medicine, anesthesiologists, nurses, operating room technicians, social workers, physical therapists, and rehabilitation center coordinators and staff. Nowhere in the orthopedic literature is there a text that guides care for these complex patients fr...
Offers a focused, clincal overview of a foot and ankle treatment. Organized by disorder, and a bulleted templated layout expedite reference. A chapter on foot examination techniques provides training in the latest skills essential for accurate diagnosis. Emphasis is on evidence-based treatments.
This comprehensive textbook brings together a unique vision and multidisciplinary approach – embracing and combining MD, DO and DPM foot and ankle training disciplines – into a singular focus on improving and mastering surgical treatment of foot and ankle disorders. It opens with a chapter presenting the specific preoperative considerations and protocols commonly followed by foot and ankle surgeons of all specialties. Divided into three main thematic sections detailing the forefoot, midfoot and hindfoot, each subsequent chapter follows a consistent chapter format presenting case examples, key surgical set-up and equipment needs and step-by-step clinical pearls for surgical excellence. Po...
Providing a comprehensive overview of the current orthopedic uses of intramedullary devices, this practical, well-illustrated guide opens with a review of the history of limb lengthening from the early external fixator up to Ilizarov’s monumental discoveries, with a summary of the biology of new bone formation in a widening distraction gap. This is followed by post-Ilizarov developments with external fixators designed to ease application and increase patient tolerance of such devices, as well as a discussion of the intramedullary lengthening devices from the earliest mechanical distractors to the most modern implants, detailing the surgical principles, pre-operative planning and specific o...
The latest techniques and advances in the field ... cutting-edge clinical and surgical knowledge ... a clear, bulleted format ... it all adds up to the fully revised 2nd Edition of Core Knowledge in Orthopaedics: Foot and Ankle. Perfect for exam review or in preparation for rotations or a challenging clinical case, this easy-to-use resource is designed for busy orthopaedic residents and fellows as well as practitioners who want a quick review of the foot and ankle. - Brings you fully up to date with current techniques and advances in the area of foot and ankle, including new developments in orthotics, ankle fractures, Achilles injuries, and more. - Features a new, full-color design throughout, plus new chapters on Hallux Rigidus and Sesamoid Pathology and Osteochondral Lesions of Talus. - Presents new and fully revised information in a bulleted, templated format, with summary tables that help you find and retain key information. - Includes key facts for quick review and selected references for further reading in every chapter. - Shares the knowledge and experience of two experts in the field, Drs. Justin K. Greisberg and J. Turner Vosseller.
A new edition of this well established textbook for post graduate students and orthopaedic surgeons in training and practice. A thorough revision including many new images, X-Rays and MRI's and new chapters on trauma, arthroscopy and evidence based orthopedics. This new edition includes new clinical images, X-rays and MRI scans, 500 new line diagrams and 250 new X-rays. Every chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated and new chapters on trauma, arthroscopy, common surgical techniques, geriatrics and evidence-based orthopedics have been added.
The Foot and Ankle is a volume in Arthritis and Arthroplasty-the first comprehensive series dealing with arthritis and arthroplasty in orthopaedic surgery. J. Chris Coetzee and Shepard R. Hurwitz present guidance on everything from patient selection and pre-operative planning to surgical approach and techniques. Clear, evidence-based coverage details which technology and methodology used for total ankle replacement (TAA) or foot and ankle reconstruction is best for each patient. Access discussions of debates, including the challenging primary TAA; revision TAA; treatment strategies for subtalar arthritis; acquired flatfoot; great toe (MTPJ) arthritis; and more. Explore alternatives to TAA in...
This issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Kent Ellington, focuses on The Flatfoot and will include articles on the following topic areas: Recurrent deformity due to Deltoid/Spring Failure; Severe stage 2 - fuse or reconstruct?; Undercorrected reconstruction; Overcorrected reconstruction; What to do with the spring ligament; Calcaneal osteotomies: Pearls and Pitfalls; Evans osteotomy complications; NC sag in the flatfoot, and more!