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Operative Techniques: Foot and Ankle Surgery

  • 2nd Edition - August 15, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Glenn B. Pfeffer, Mark E. Easley, Beat Hintermann, Andrew K. Sands, Alastair S. E. Younger
  • Language: English

Part of the practical, highly illustrated Operative Techniques series, this fully revised title by Drs. Glenn B. Pfeffer, Mark Easley, Beat Hintermann, Andrew Sands, and Alastair… Read more

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Part of the practical, highly illustrated Operative Techniques series, this fully revised title by Drs. Glenn B. Pfeffer, Mark Easley, Beat Hintermann, Andrew Sands, and Alastair Younger brings you up to speed with must-know surgical techniques in today’s foot and ankle surgery. Step-by-step, evidence-based guidance, including numerous videos online, walks you through new procedures and modifications to existing procedures, as well as tips for improving patient outcomes and much more.

Key features

    • Provides expert coverage of total ankle arthroplasty, revision surgery, and post-operative care and expected outcomes.
    • Focuses on quick access to essential information, using an up-to-date, clean layout; a bulleted, highly templated format; and large, full-color intraoperative photos and illustrations.
    • Presents essential information often overlooked in other procedural guides, such as positioning, exposures, instrumentation, and implants.
    • Discusses pearls and pitfalls with an emphasis on optimizing outcomes to refine your technique and learn the experts’ approach to getting the best results.

    Table of contents

    SECTION I: FOREFOOT

    1. Hallux Valgus Correction with Modified Chevron Osteotomy

    2. Scarf Osteotomy for Correction of Hallux Valgus

    3. Hallux Valgus correction with Metatarsal Opening Wedge and Proximal Phalangeal Osteotomies

    4. Modified "Lapidus" Procedure—Tarsometatarsal Corrective Osteotomy and Fusion with First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Correction and Realignment

    5. Proximal Long Oblique (Ludloff) First Metatarsal Osteotomy with Distal Soft Tissue Procedure

    6. Revision Hallux valgus surgery

    7. Correction of Acquired Hallux Varus

    8. Arthroscopy of the Great Toe

    9. Hallux Rigidus: Cheilectomy with and without a Dorsiflexion Phalangeal Osteotomy

    10. Interpositional arthroplasy of great toe

    11. Polyvinyl alcohol hemiarthroplasty for first MTP arthritis

    12. Arthrodesis of the Great Toe Metatarsophalangeal Joint 

    13. Arthroscopic fusion of the great toe

    14. Forefoot Reconstruction for Rheumatoid Disease 

    15. Fifth Metatarsal Osteotomy for Correction of Bunionette Deformity 

    16. Plantar plate repair of the first MTP joint (Turf toe)

    17. Plantar Plate Repair for Subluxed MTP

    18. Morton’s Neuroma

    19. Revision Surgery through a Plantar Approach for Recurrent Interdigital Neuroma 

    20. Metatarsal Lengthening

    21. Internal Fixation of the Hallux Sesamoid Bone of the Hallux

    SECTION II: MIDFOOT (INCLUDING POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON DYSFUNCTION)

    22. Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Lisfranc/Tarsometatarsal Injuries 

    23. Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Navicular and Cuboid Fractures 

    24. Fractures of the Proximal Fifth Metatarsal (Jones’ or Stress Fracture)

    25. Meuller-Weiss Treated with Limited Fusion

    26. Meuller-Weiss Treated with Pan-Navicular Fusion

    27. Charcot Neuropathy of the Midfoot 

    28. Painful Accessory Navicular: Augmented Kidner Procedure with Flexor Digitorum Longus Transfer

    29. Painful Accessory Navicular Treated with Fusion Of the Synchondrosis

    30. Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction

    31. Spring Ligament Repair with Suture Tape Augmentation

    32. The ZEVO Calcaneal Osteotomy for for Pes Plano Abducto Valgus

    33. Lateral Calcaneal Lengthening Osteotomy for Supple Adult Flatfoot

    SECTION III: HINDFOOT

    34. Cavovarus Correction in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease 

    35. Z-Osteotomy for varus heel

    36. Calcaneus Fractures: Treatment Using Extensile Lateral Approach and ORIF

    37. Intra-articular Calcaneus Fractures

    38. Non-extensile techniques for treatment of calcaneus fractures

    39. Sinus tarsi approach for calcaneal fractures - Perspective I

    40. Percutaneous fixation of talus fracture

    41. Arthroscopic Talus fracture fixation

    42. Arthroscopy of the Subtalar Joint 

    43. Distraction subtalar fusion

    44. Triple Arthrodesis 

    45. Single Medial Approach for Triple Arthrodesis

    46. The valgus malaligned triple, with subtalar and transverse tarsal deformity

    SECTION IV: ANKLE

    47. Ankle arthroscopy from a posterior approach

    48. Osteochondral Lesion of the Ankle—OATS Procedure

    49. Vascularized bone graft for extended osteochondral lesion of talus

    50. Anterior Ankle Impingement

    51. Realignment Surgery for Valgus Ankle Osteoarthritis

    52. Osteotomies for the Correction of Varus Ankle

    53. Arthroscopic Ankle Arthrodesis

    54. Rigid Fixation for Ankle Arthrodesis Using Double Plating

    55. Ankle Arthrodesis Using Ring/Multiplanar External Fixation

    56. Tibiotalocalcaneal Fusion with a Retrograde Intramedullary Nail

    57. Total Ankle Arthroplasty: Three-Component Design (HINTEGRA Prosthesis)

    58. Total Ankle Arthroplasty through a lateral approach (Zimmer Prosthesis)

    59. Salvage of Failed Total Ankle Arthroplasty

    60. Ankle Arthrodesis with Large Screw Fixation for Salvage of the Failed Total Ankle Arthroplasty 

    61. Salvage of Ankle Large Bony Defect with Spinal Cage

    62. Charcot Ankle Fractures

    63. Percutaneous Lateral Ligament Reconstruction

    64. Modified Brostrom Procedure for Lateral Ankle Laxity

    65. Lateral Ankle Ligament Reconstruction Using Plantaris Autograft

    66. Salvage of a Failed Lateral Ligament Repair

    67. Peroneal Tendon Tears: Débridement and Repair

    68. Peroneal tendinopathy with allograft

    69. Chronic Peroneal Tendon Subluxation-Dislocation

    70. Ligament Reconstruction for Chronic Medial Ankle Instability 

    71. Calcaneoplasty for Insertional Tendinopathy of Achilles Tendon

    72. Arthroscopic Trimaleolar Ankle Fracture with Fibular Nail

    73. Malunion of Fibula Fracture

    SECTION V: THE LEG

    74. Posterior Tibial Tendon Transfer for Footdrop

    75. Achilles Tendon Reconstruction with Flexor Hallucis Longus Transfer Augmentation

    76. Calf (Gastrocnemius) Release for Equinus Contracture

    77. Proximal Tibia Bone Graft 

    78. Anterior Leg Compartment Release for Exertional Compartment Syndrome

    Review quotes

    Doody's Core Titles® 2022

    "This is an excellent resource for surgical techniques.The book provides a nice approach through text and illustrations. The title fits the content, as it is a book on operative techniques in foot and ankle surgery."

    -Ari Kaz, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine) for Doody's Review Service

    Product details

    • Edition: 2
    • Latest edition
    • Published: August 15, 2017
    • Language: English

    About the authors

    GP

    Glenn B. Pfeffer

    Affiliations and expertise
    Director, Foot and Ankle Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    ME

    Mark E. Easley

    Affiliations and expertise
    Orthopaedic Surgeon, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    BH

    Beat Hintermann

    Affiliations and expertise
    Division Head, Orthopaedic-Trauma Division, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Basel, Switzerland

    AS

    Andrew K. Sands

    Affiliations and expertise
    Orthopedic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York

    AY

    Alastair S. E. Younger

    Affiliations and expertise
    Professor, BC Foot and Ankle Clinic, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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