- Guides the reader logically from anamnesis, clinical findings, and imaging through to surgical solution
- Provides a high level of certainty in choice of surgical treatment
- Explains the rationale and effect of each component of surgical correction
This superbly illustrated book guides the reader on a rational pathway from anamnesis and clinical examination through radiological screening to the appropriate surgical solution for a wide range of foot conditions.
Proposed treatments and follow-up results are presented in detail with the aid of intra- and postoperative photographs and radiographs. A key feature is the focus on systematic description, and the treatment-related chapters include numerous references to earlier parts of the book in order to clearly link the preoperative evaluation to the treatment. It is particular to the surgical correction of foot and ankle pathology that the treatment is nearly always "composite" or complex, in that it entails several separate actions. Thus, surgical correction often has one or more structural components (e.g., osteotomy, arthrodesis) and one or more functional or motor components.
The book aims to explain the rationale and effect of every one of these components. The new edition includes updated guidance on clinical examination, a series of cases demonstrating the composite approach to complex reconstructions, and detailed coverage of the treatment of diabetic arthropathy
Table of Contents- Introduction
- Clinical Examination
- Radiological Screening
- Basic Surgical Orthopaedic Treatment
- Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Lesions
- Operative Techniques
- Complex Reconstructions
