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Tumors discussed in this chapter are calcaneal cyst and subungual exostosis.

Archive Copy - 1999 Annual Meeting Scientific Program. Updates on Common Problems of the Foot and Ankle

The Hyperbook is an evidence-based resource for education in foot and ankle surgery. It’s mainly aimed at UK orthopaedic trainees, although other professionals and the public have told us they find it helpful.
Our main goals are:
* to provide reference material for orthopaedic and other trainees in...

Review for the generalist: evaluation of pediatric foot and ankle pain Kristin M Houghton Pediatric Rheumatology 2008, 6:6 Abstract & link to free full text
Foot and ankle pain is common in children and adolescents. Problems are usually related to skeletal maturity and are fairly specific to the age of the child....

Major resource on Foot and Ankle orthopaedics. Requires registration

Foot and ankle surgery in Australia: a descriptive analysis of the Medicare Benefits Schedule database, 1997-2006
Hylton B Menz, Mark F Gilheany and Karl B Landorf Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2008, 1:10
Foot and ankle problems are highly prevalent in the general community and a substantial proportion of people seek surgical...

Foot infections can be difficult problems for physicians to treat due to the biomechanical complexities of the extremity and the underlying circumstances that cause the infections. Typically, they follow a traumatic event or tissue loss with contamination by foreign materials and/or colonization by bacteria. When a healthy patient or one...

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Radiology for the surgeon: Musculoskeletal case 40 M. Al-Heidous, P.L. Munk Can J Surg, Vol. 50, No. 6, December 2007
A 35-year-old male patient was referred to the orthopedic clinic complaining of right foot swelling. Clinical examina- tion revealed diffuse nontender foot swelling associated with multiple discharg- ing sinuses.

Puncture wound infections are discussed at present
Author - R. Jay Cummings, M.D. Nemours Children's Clinic Jacksonville, FL 32207

Problems may arise in either of the tendons alone, or both may be involved with subluxation. The hallmark of disorders of the peroneal tendons is laterally based ankle or foot pain. Whether the problem is tendinous degeneration or subluxation, the clinical manifestation is pain. With time, loss of eversion strength...

Curtin Podiatry Department presents a series of webpages that are regularly updated into a developing encyclopedia of conditions and treatment of the foot and ankle.
These web pages have been prepared from undergraduate projects in Podology,Podiatric Orthopaedic (Surgery of the foot and ankle) and Podiatric Medicine.

The Abductor hallucis muscle (AbdH) plays an integral role during gait and is often affected in pathological foot conditions. The aim of this study was to establish a standardised protocol using diagnostic ultrasound imaging to evaluate the reliability of measurement of cross-sectional area, length and width of the AbdH muscle...