Direct Medial Approach for Midfoot Collapse for Bony Planing and Skin Ulcer Treatment This approach is used to treat patients with severe foot deformity associated with diabetes or in patients…
Approach to the Navicular This approach is used mainly for the removal of an accessory navicular bone. Fractures of the navicular and other pathologies on the medial side of the…
Midfoot: Approach to the Cuboid The midfoot consists of the navicular, cuboid and cuneiform bones, their joints, and the four powerful muscles that insert into the midfoot that are responsible…
Applied Surgical Anatomy of the Approaches to the Ankle Overview The key structures that cross the ankle joint fall into specific groups. Tendons Three sets of tendons cross the ankle…
Applied Surgical Anatomy of the Approaches to the Hind Part of the Foot Surgery performed on the hind part of the foot is confined almost exclusively to three joints: the…
Medial Approach to the Sustentaculum Tali This approach to the hindfoot provides exposure to the sustentaculum tali as well as the flexor tendons on the medial side of the foot….
Hindfoot Nailing for Subtalar and Ankle Joint Fusion (Plantar Approach) This approach is used only for hindfoot fusions that are to be treated by nailing. This technique is usually used…
Medial Approach to the Plantar Fascia This approach is used for release of the medial band of the plantar fascia. The main neurovascular bundle to the foot could be endangered…
Lateral Approach to the Os Peroneum This approach is used primarily for resection of the base of the fifth metatarsal or for removal of the os peroneum. The peroneal tendons…
Posteromedial, Posterolateral, and Posterior Midline Approaches for Excision of Calcaneal Exostosis (Haglund’s Deformity) These approaches are used for the removal of a Haglund’s deformity (“pump bumps”). This deformity may occur…
