Thoracic Aftercare
Chapter VI Thoracic Aftercare Tip 1 Ten Chest Stretches Tip 2 Eight Upper Back Stretches Tip 3 Self-treatment of Trigger Points in the Thorax Tip 4 Thoracic Expansion Exercises Tip…
Lumbar Treatment
Chapter VIII Lumbar Treatment Tip 1 Trick to Facilitate a Posterior Pelvic Tilt Tip 2 Using a Towel to Passively Relax and Stretch the Lumbar Spine Tip 3 Minimizing Lumbar…
Ankle Fractures
55 Ankle Fractures Trapper A.J. Lalli and Dane K. Wukich Abstract Ankle fractures account for approximately 9% of all fractures and are among the most common fractures treated by orthopaedic…
Semitendinosus Allograft Augmentation of Lateral Ankle Ligament Reconstruction
45 Semitendinosus Allograft Augmentation of Lateral Ankle Ligament Reconstruction Steven M. Raikin Abstract Failure of rehabilitation for chronic lateral ankle ligament instability often requires surgical reconstruction. Direct anatomic surgical techniques…
Open Achilles Rupture Repair
32 Open Achilles Rupture Repair Steven M. Raikin Abstract The overall incidence of acute Achilles tendon rupture has been steadily rising with the Achilles being the third most commonly injured…
Tarsometatarsal Fusions
20 Tarsometatarsal Fusions J. Chris Coetzee Abstract Tarsometatarsal (TMT) fusions have always been challenging due to several reasons. The anatomy is complicated: there are always branches of the saphenous, deep,…
Flexor Hallucis Longus Tendon Transfer for Achilles Reconstruction
35 Flexor Hallucis Longus Tendon Transfer for Achilles Reconstruction Milap S. Patel, Mauricio P. Barbosa, and Anish R. Kadakia Abstract The use of tendon transfer to treat deficiency of a…
Extensile Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Intra-articular Joint Calcaneus Fractures
57 Extensile Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Intra-articular Joint Calcaneus Fractures Brian S. Winters and Joseph N. Daniel Abstract Calcaneus fractures continue to be the most common fractures in…
Hintegra Total Ankle System
51 Hintegra Total Ankle System Beat Hintermann and Roxa Ruiz Abstract The Hintegra ankle is a three-component ankle that uses a flat, 4-mm-thick loading plate with six pyramidal peaks for…
Allograft Management Osteochondral Lesion of the Talus (OLT): Juvenile Cartilage
40 Allograft Management Osteochondral Lesion of the Talus (OLT): Juvenile Cartilage Samuel B. Adams Abstract Particulated juvenile cartilage allograft transplantation (PJCAT) is a technique of transplantation of multiple fresh juvenile…
