Published in Skeletal radiology
Ankle, hindfoot, and midfoot osteoarthritis (OA) is most commonly posttraumatic and tends to become symptomatic in younger patients. It often results from instability due to insufficiency of supportive soft tissue structures, such as ligaments and tendons. Diagnostic imaging can be helpful to detect and characterize the distribution of OA, and to a...
Published in The Knee
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and high tibial osteotomy (HTO) are different procedures on the continuous spectrum of osteoarthritic knee treatments. TKA aims for neutral alignment and HTO aims for slight valgus. 2:2:2:1 propensity score matching yielded 100, 100, 100, and 50 patients with unilateral TKA, bilateral TKA, unilateral HTO, and bilateral...
Published in Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
Degloving of the sole of the foot is a rare and serious injury because the heel pad cannot be replaced by similar tissue. The management is challenging and only a few cases have been reported with different treatment regimens. Here, we report on a 46-year-old female patient with complex foot trauma consisting of complete avulsion of the heel pad at...
Published in Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
We have experienced unexpected under-correction after medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (MOWHTO). Although the tibia was corrected accurately, the postoperative mechanical axis (MA) was less than 57%. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between hindfoot alignment and postoperative lower limb alignment, and to reveal ...
Published in Foot and ankle surgery : official journal of the European Society of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
We compared the effectiveness of the extensile lateral approach (ELA) and modified sinus tarsi approach (MSTA) with a variable-angle locking anterolateral plate in treating Sanders type II and III calcaneal fractures. We reviewed 45 DIACFs treated by a single surgeon from 2017 to 2020. Open reduction using ELA and MSTA was performed in 25 and 20 pa...
Published in Foot and ankle surgery : official journal of the European Society of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
Published in Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Category: Ankle Arthritis; Hindfoot Introduction/Purpose: Proper prosthetic alignment for Total Ankle Arthroplasty (TAA) surgery has proven to improve implant survival and prevent complications. Unfortunately, most of the previously published data present information from non weight- bearing computed tomography (WBCT) scans or lack a correlation of...
Published in Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Category: Other Introduction/Purpose: Research plays a central role in advancing orthopedic medicine. Not only do high publication volumes encourage greater transparency and evidence-based practice, early-career physicians are also often evaluated by the number and impact of their publications. According to 2020 NRMP match data, 81% of medical stud...
Published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Background For knee osteoarthritis (OA) treatment, it is important to correct the lower limb alignment including the foot. However, in the upright position, lower limb alignment is generally assessed from the body surface or radiographs, and it is a challenge to capture the exact characteristics of three-dimensional lower limb alignment. The purpos...
Published in European Journal of Radiology Open
Magnetic resonance anatomy of the hindfoot as seen at the level of the sustentaculum tali is intricate due to surrounding muscles, tendons, aponeurosis and ligaments. The objective of this work is to provide a mnemonic with illustrative figures to simplify this complex anatomical region on coronal T1-weighted MR images (T1-MRIs). One hundred and tw...
