12 Akin’s and Moberg’s Osteotomies of the Hallux Phalanx Adam G. Miller Abstract Proximal phalangeal osteotomies of the hallux serve to correct alignment when combined with hallux valgus corrective procedures…
19 Posterior Tibial Tendon Transfer (Including Bridle’s Procedure) for Drop-Foot Carroll P. Jones Abstract Drop-foot is a common problem that may result from anterior compartment syndrome, peroneal nerve palsy, incomplete…
37 Arthroscopic Microfractures for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus Rocco Papalia, Guglielmo Torre, Vincenzo Denaro, and Nicola Maffulli Abstract Arthroscopic microfracture is a routine and safe procedure for managing osteochondral…
2 Pathology and Molecular Features of Melanocytic Nevi and Melanoma Anjela Galan HISTOPATHOLOGY OF BENIGN MELANOCYTIC NEVI Melanocytic nevi (MN) are benign neoplasms of melanocyte origin with a…
4 Staging, Workup, and Surveillance Jocelyn Depathy and Stephan Ariyan Epidemiologic studies of malignant melanoma have shown a steady rise in the incidence of this disease in various…
3 Spitz Nevus, Spitzoid Melanoma, and Atypical Spitzoid Neoplasm Rossitza Lazova In 1948, Sophie Spitz, a pathologist from Memorial Hospital in New York City, described the melanoma of…
12 Alternative Therapies: Regional Chemotherapy for Malignant Melanoma Danielle M. Bello and Charlotte E. Ariyan INTRODUCTION Half of all patients with cutaneous melanoma have their primary lesion located…
5 Surgical Management—Lentigo Maligna and Invasive Melanoma Samuel Kim, Stephan Ariyan, and Deepak Narayan LENTIGO MALIGNA Introduction Lentigo maligna (LM), otherwise known as Hutchinson’s melanotic freckle, is a…
6 Special Sites Sarah Persing and Deepak Narayan INTRODUCTION Melanocytes are derived from the neural crest and are widely distributed throughout cutaneous and various mucosal sites. Although melanomas…
