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Category: Other Introduction/Purpose: Ganglion cysts are a well documented phenomena occurring in a variety of joints. They are described as a tumour like lesion filled with mucopolysaccharides. The majority occur in the hand and wrist (88%) with a small yet significant minority occurring in the foot and ankle (11%). Currently, there is a lack of h...
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Category: Ankle; Trauma Introduction/Purpose: Weightbearing CT (WBCT) scan provides an ability to compare the ankle joints bilaterally in a 3D manner under physiologic load. According to our recent investigations, 3D volume measurement of the syndesmosis, if measured up to 5cm proximal to the tibial plafond, can detect the instability with an accur...
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Category: Hindfoot Introduction/Purpose: Progressive collapsing foot deformity presents with pain, deformity and functional limitations affecting quality of life. The prevalence of this condition ranges from 3-10% depending on the age and sex of the patient. Sixty percent of patients have concurrent medical problems that may delay or limit the abil...
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Category: Hindfoot; Other Introduction/Purpose: The radiographic measurement of hindfoot alignment (HA) suggested by Saltzman, worldwide accepted, uses the medial aspect of the foot as the sagittal axis. When defining the medial face of the foot as its axis, the adduction and abduction deformities of the forefoot are disregarded, making it necessar...
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Category: Ankle; Sports; Other Introduction/Purpose: Prior research has found Medicaid patients face greater difficulty scheduling appointments with orthopaedic surgeons compared to those with other insurance. Recently, a number of states have expanded Medicaid coverage as part of the affordable care act, although it is unclear how this expansion i...
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Category: Trauma; Hindfoot Introduction/Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the results of the two fixation groups for intra-articular calcaneal fractures based on the hypothesis that the locking plate group (P-group) can have a less corrective loss but smaller range of motion due to soft tissue contracture than the screw alone group (...
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Category: Trauma; Ankle; Diabetes; Other Introduction/Purpose: While amputation rates and amputation-related morbidity and mortality have been established for select populations, the impact of general demographic factors on postoperative surgical complications remains little studied. This study aims to analyze the influence of numerous demographic ...
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Category: Ankle; Sports Introduction/Purpose: studies demonstrated that mechanical axis alignment affects the clinical outcome of the chondral repair surgery in the knee. Reduction in stress concentration around chondral defects with HTO has been found to favor cartilage repair in knee surgery. this study aimed to determine the relationship between...
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Category: Diabetes; Midfoot/Forefoot Introduction/Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate short term results of osteomyelits of the diabetic foot treated with cerament Methods: 16 diabetics with a mean age of 61.6 years underwent surgical therapy of infection of the foot using Cerament and a 6- week resistance-based antibiotic therapy. The su...
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Category: Basic Sciences/Biologics; Hindfoot; Midfoot/Forefoot Introduction/Purpose: Over the past three decades, the historical notion that adult acquired flatfoot was attributed to posterior tibial tendon dysfunction (PTTD) has been questioned. Advances in the understanding of arch stabilizers and biomechanics of the midfoot joints have led to th...
