CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: This chapter introduces the reader to “ankle joint preservation arthroplasty” and the role of ankle distraction, or arthrodiastasis, in the treatment of ankle arthritis. Evaluation of,…
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Biological alternatives to inorganic implant arthroplasty exist in the form of allograft implants to resurface the ankle. The talar and tibial bone–cartilage grafts are freshly harvested…
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Tibial osteotomies are used to improve the pain of ankle arthritis when there is deformity in the tibia, as seen after trauma or with congenital deformities….
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Ankle arthroscopy is becoming a more useful procedure to treat and possibly prevent ankle arthritis. Synovectomy, loose body removal, “meniscoid lesons,” repair of osteochondral lesions, and…
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: This chapter discusses different tools used to assess the function of patients with ankle arthritis. Some of these tools are disease and location specific; most, however,…
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Management of painful arthritis of the ankle is directed at reducing the pain and maintaining function. There are medications that can reduce pain, exercises that maintain…
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Ankle arthritis is less prevalent than that of the other major lower extremity joints. Neuropathic arthritis is increasing in prevalence, as is ankle pain due to…
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: History and physical examination remain the most important tools for ankle arthritis diagnosis. Radiographs serve to confirm the clinical diagnosis. Blood testing for inflammatory arthritis has…
Head Trauma Print Section Listen Epidemiology Participation in sports carries an inherent risk of head and neck injury. A relatively larger ratio of head to body places children at further…
Definitions and Epidemiology Print Section Listen Oral injuries account for 30% of sports injuries and each athlete participating in a contact/collision sport has a 10% chance of such an injury.1…
