Jan 12, 20221 min read
PSI and Varus: Accuracy in High Varus Ankles
Published in Foot & Ankle Specialist, Ben Umbel and co-authors studied the impact of CT-derived patient specific instrumentation and the...
Jan 12, 20221 min read
Saints Future Looks Murkier
New Orleans Saints player Taysom Hill suffered a Lisfranc injury to his foot early on during the must-win game against the Atlanta...
Dec 16, 20211 min read
Christmas-Related Injuries
The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), which conducts surveillance on consumer product-related injuries in the US,...
Dec 16, 20211 min read
The Distal Metatarsal Articular Angle: Fact or Fiction?
The popularity of first tarsometarsal joint fusion, commonly referred to as the Lapidus procedure, has continued to grow in recent years,...
Nov 10, 20211 min read
3D MRI: Trick or Treat?
With ankle sprains being one of the most common MSK injuries, the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) gets a lot of attention....
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Can I Get an Operation Named After Me?
Only in foot and ankle can you get an operation named after you when all you do is divide stretched ligaments in half and tighten them...
Oct 28, 20211 min read
The Tribe has Spoken
Joint arthroplasty success is a long game with survivorship being the key issue. The Lancet published registry data in a total knee...
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Aging Superstar and Ankle Injuries
Last Sunday, during the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Memphis Grizzlies game, Lakers superstar Lebron James suffered an ankle injury after...
Oct 14, 20211 min read
The Peroneal Tendons, More Than Just Evertors of the Ankle?
Preoperative Gait Analysis of Peroneal Tendon Tears, a retrospective case series published in Foot & Ankle International, for the first...
Oct 14, 20211 min read
Foot and Ankle in the NFL (Week 5)
Sunday afternoon, while going head to head against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 5 of the NFL's regular season, Giants running back Saquon...
Sep 30, 20211 min read
Total Ankle Arthroplasty With Anatomic Lateral Ankle Stabilization (ATLAS)?
A retrospective case series in the Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery, “Total Ankle Arthroplasty With Anatomic Lateral Ankle Stabilization...
Aug 19, 20211 min read
3D Osteolysis Patterns in TAR
Total ankle replacements (TARs) have higher rates of osteolysis than hip or knee replacements. New problem or old problem getting worse?...
Aug 19, 20211 min read
Functional Bracing: A Closer Look
The philosophy of functional bracing is based upon principles which are different from the goals of the AO technique. Sarmiento and other...
Aug 5, 20211 min read
Outwit, Outlast, Outplay
As the TV show Survivor starts its 41st season, we have to stop and ask, how old are we? On the theme of survivorship, the total ankle...
Jul 22, 20211 min read
Devastating Injury at UFC 264
Under the bright lights in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Nevada, one of the most recognizable names in combat sports, Coner McGregor,...
Jul 8, 20211 min read
If I have a Hammer Everything Starts to Look like a Nail
IM nails for fibula fractures is the proposition Intramedullary nailing of fibula fractures with the advocates citing decreased wound...
Jun 24, 20211 min read
The Medial Double Arthrodesis: Over-rated?
There is little debate regarding the utility of arthrodesis type procedures in the treatment of end-stage adult acquired flatfoot...
Jun 10, 20212 min read
Arthroscopic-Assisted Versus All-Arthroscopic Ankle Stabilization Ankle Techniques
The modified Broström Gould (MBG) procedure has long been considered the gold standard for the operative treatment of chronic lateral...
