Foot & anklePub Date : 1993-05-01DOI: 10.1177/107110079301400409
T R Daniels, J W Smith
{"title":"Talar neck fractures.","authors":"T R Daniels, J W Smith","doi":"10.1177/107110079301400409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107110079301400409","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Talar neck fractures represent a serious injury, and a review of the literature reveals the controversies surrounding the treatment options. In spite of the differences, there are many aspects of management where little disagreement exists. Anatomic reduction is the goal in situations where a primary salvage procedure is not performed. If closed treatment is chosen, careful follow-up is necessary to prevent unrecognized displacement as swelling subsides in the cast. Weight-bearing should be delayed until radiographic signs of fracture healing are obvious. There is a growing tendency toward open reduction and internal stabilization of talar neck fractures. Results suggest improved maintenance of reduction, decreased time to union, and a better end result. Prior to attempting any type of salvage procedure, careful assessment of both the tibiotalar and subtalar complex is necessary. The incidence of poor results following a talar neck fracture is disappointingly high. Additional studies of the pathoanatomy and biomechanics may improve our understanding. Controlled prospective clinical series will help clarify the advantages of specific treatment approaches and lead to better clinical results.</p>","PeriodicalId":77133,"journal":{"name":"Foot & ankle","volume":"14 4","pages":"225-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/107110079301400409","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19344725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Foot & anklePub Date : 1993-05-01DOI: 10.1177/107110079301400401
E G Richardson, S C Graves, J T McClure, R T Boone
{"title":"First metatarsal head-shaft angle: a method of determination.","authors":"E G Richardson, S C Graves, J T McClure, R T Boone","doi":"10.1177/107110079301400401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107110079301400401","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The distal metatarsal angle (DMAA) is a measurement of the relationship between the longitudinal axis of the first metatarsal and the articular surface of the metatarsal head. We measured the DMAA on radiographs with and without markers on the articular edges and compared them with measurements of the anatomic specimens. Based on the studies, the significance of the radiographic measurements to the actual DMAA and the normal distribution of the measurement were determined.</p>","PeriodicalId":77133,"journal":{"name":"Foot & ankle","volume":"14 4","pages":"181-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/107110079301400401","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19346180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Foot & anklePub Date : 1993-03-01DOI: 10.1177/107110079301400301
L Silver, A D Grant, D Atar, W B Lehman
{"title":"Use of tissue expansion in clubfoot surgery.","authors":"L Silver, A D Grant, D Atar, W B Lehman","doi":"10.1177/107110079301400301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107110079301400301","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tissue expansion was used successfully to prepare adequate soft tissue for closure following a difficult clubfoot correction. The gradual expansion was done weekly at the outpatient clinics (average 3-4 months). The procedure proved to be useful in severe cases of clubfoot.</p>","PeriodicalId":77133,"journal":{"name":"Foot & ankle","volume":"14 3","pages":"117-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/107110079301400301","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19473516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Foot & anklePub Date : 1993-03-01DOI: 10.1177/107110079301400302
D Atar, W B Lehman, A D Grant
{"title":"Excision of the posterior tibial tendon during clubfoot release.","authors":"D Atar, W B Lehman, A D Grant","doi":"10.1177/107110079301400302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107110079301400302","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 50 patients (72 clubfeet), the posterior tibial tendon was excised during complete soft tissue clubfoot release. The end results after an average of 3 years were graded as follows: 55.5% excellent, 29.3% good, 8.3% fair, and 6.9% poor. Heel varus and forefoot adduction were the main causes for recurrence. Heel valgus occurred in one foot. Excision of the posterior tibial tendon is safe, does not lead to overcorrection, and may prevent further scarring created when the tendon is lengthened.</p>","PeriodicalId":77133,"journal":{"name":"Foot & ankle","volume":"14 3","pages":"123-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/107110079301400302","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19473518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Foot & anklePub Date : 1993-03-01DOI: 10.1177/107110079301400304
L C Schon, T P Glennon, D E Baxter
{"title":"Heel pain syndrome: electrodiagnostic support for nerve entrapment.","authors":"L C Schon, T P Glennon, D E Baxter","doi":"10.1177/107110079301400304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107110079301400304","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A local entrapment neuropathy has been proposed as one of the etiologies of heel pain, but it has never been documented by electrodiagnostic studies. Primary symptoms in patients suspected of having a neurologic basis for their heel pain include neuritic medial heel pain and radiation either proximally or distally. On physical examination, all patients in our series had reproduction of their symptomatology with palpation over the proximal aspect of the abductor hallucis and/or the origin of the plantar fascia from the medial tubercle of the calcaneus. Twenty-seven patients (20 women and seven men; average age 49) with these clinical characteristics were examined by electromyography and motor/sensory/mixed nerve conduction studies. Bilateral heel signs and symptoms were present in 11 patients. Ten of the patients had a significant history of back pain with referral to the legs. In 23 of the 38 symptomatic heels, abnormalities were identified in the lateral and/or the medial plantar nerves. The number of abnormal values per heel ranged from one to four, with a mean of 2.1. The most common finding was involvement of the medial nerve (57%). Thirty percent of the heels had isolated findings in the lateral plantar nerve and 13% had abnormalities in both plantar nerves. Two patients had electrophysiologic evidence of active S1 radiculopathy, with ipsilateral evidence of plantar nerve entrapment suggesting a \"double crush\" syndrome. The results of this study support the presence of abnormalities of plantar nerve function in a selected group of patients with neuritic heel pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":77133,"journal":{"name":"Foot & ankle","volume":"14 3","pages":"129-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/107110079301400304","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19473521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Foot & anklePub Date : 1993-03-01DOI: 10.1177/107110079301400310
K K Wu
{"title":"Fusion of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the great toe with Herbert screws.","authors":"K K Wu","doi":"10.1177/107110079301400310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107110079301400310","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77133,"journal":{"name":"Foot & ankle","volume":"14 3","pages":"165-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/107110079301400310","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19474154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Foot & anklePub Date : 1993-03-01DOI: 10.1177/107110079301400308
W C Burns, K Prakash, R Adelaar, A Beaudoin, W Krause
{"title":"Tibiotalar joint dynamics: indications for the syndesmotic screw--a cadaver study.","authors":"W C Burns, K Prakash, R Adelaar, A Beaudoin, W Krause","doi":"10.1177/107110079301400308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107110079301400308","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pronation-external rotation ankle injuries involve varying degrees of disruption of the syndesmotic ligaments. The loss of ligament support and alteration in the stability of the mortise have been postulated to lead to an increase in joint reactive forces and traumatic arthritis. The purpose of this study was to determine the changes in tibiotalar joint dynamics associated with syndesmotic diastasis as a result of the sequential sectioning of the syndesmotic ligaments to simulate a pronation-external rotation injury. Dissections were conducted on 10 fresh-frozen, knee-disarticulated cadaveric specimens which were then axially loaded in an unconstrained manner. Tibiotalar joint forces were measured at each level of sequential sectioning of the syndesmotic ligaments, the interosseous membrane, and finally the deltoid ligament. Complete disruption of the syndesmosis with the medical structures of the ankle intact resulted in an average syndesmotic widening of 0.24 mm and no significant change in the tibiotalar contact area or the peak pressure. However, deltoid ligament strain increases with sectioning of the syndesmosis. With the addition of deltoid ligament sectioning, there was an average syndesmotic diastasis of 0.73 mm, a 39% reduction in the tibiotalar contact area, and a 42% increase in the peak pressure. In a simulated unconstrained cadaveric model of a pronation-external rotation ankle injury that results in complete disruption of the syndesmosis, if rigid anatomic medial and lateral joint fixation is obtained and the deltoid ligament complex is intact, syndesmotic screw fixation is not required to maintain the integrity of the tibiotalar joint.</p>","PeriodicalId":77133,"journal":{"name":"Foot & ankle","volume":"14 3","pages":"153-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/107110079301400308","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19474155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Foot & anklePub Date : 1993-03-01DOI: 10.1177/107110079301400311
J Michelson, M Curtis, D Magid
{"title":"Controversies in ankle fractures.","authors":"J Michelson, M Curtis, D Magid","doi":"10.1177/107110079301400311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107110079301400311","url":null,"abstract":"With the advent of modern techniques of stable internal fixation, ankle fractures have become one of most the successfully treated fractures. The underlying concepts governing the choice of treatment for ankle fractures revolve around the notion of ankle stability. The seminal observations of Ramsey and Hamilton3’ and Yablon et aL50 have provided the central tenets around which rational treatment of ankle fractures is based. In this view, the key to stability of the ankle is the position of the lateral malleolus, particularly when there are medial side injuries. Despite the advancement in operative techniques, our understanding of the pathologic anatomy of ankle fractures and of the normal and posttraumatic kinematics of the ankle is incomplete. As a consequence, there are some significant differences of opinion concerning particular fracture patterns and the criteria for surgical intervention. The goal of this review was to touch briefly upon those areas of general agreement while highlighting those issues which continue to give rise to extended debate.","PeriodicalId":77133,"journal":{"name":"Foot & ankle","volume":"14 3","pages":"170-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/107110079301400311","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19474161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Foot & anklePub Date : 1993-03-01DOI: 10.1177/107110079301400303
K Thorén, P Ljung, H Pettersson, U Rydholm, P Aspenberg
{"title":"Comparison of talonavicular dowel arthrodesis utilizing autogenous bone versus defatted bank bone.","authors":"K Thorén, P Ljung, H Pettersson, U Rydholm, P Aspenberg","doi":"10.1177/107110079301400303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107110079301400303","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A simple dowel arthrodesis of the talonavicular joint in an early stage of destruction can reduce pain and prevent the development of valgus deformity in the rheumatoid hindfoot. Previously, we used autogenous dowels made from the iliac crest. In order to facilitate the operation and to get a better fitting dowel, we tried defatted cancellous allograft dowels from which marrow tissue had been removed. The dowels were prepared from femoral heads in our surgical bone bank. At operation, the dowels were embedded in fresh marrow aspirate from the iliac crest and the arthrodeses were stabilized with a staple. Results were evaluated by clinical examination and radiography. The results of four patients were compared with an earlier study of eight patients using autogenous dowels taken from the iliac crest. With both techniques, the patients were relieved of pain in the talonavicular joint, but some had pain from other hindfoot joints. With autogenous dowels, all eight patients healed with radiographic bony union, but with allogenous dowels, the four patients developed fibrotic nonunion. The results indicate that talonavicular arthrodesis should be made using only autologous dowels.</p>","PeriodicalId":77133,"journal":{"name":"Foot & ankle","volume":"14 3","pages":"125-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/107110079301400303","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19473520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Foot & anklePub Date : 1993-03-01DOI: 10.1177/107110079301400307
J P Corrigan, D P Moore, M M Stephens
{"title":"Effect of heel height on forefoot loading.","authors":"J P Corrigan, D P Moore, M M Stephens","doi":"10.1177/107110079301400307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107110079301400307","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sixty feet of 30 normal subjects were investigated to determine the effect of changing the heel height on forefoot loading. Subjects walked across footplates barefoot and with rigid polyurethane heels attached to the foot with a tubular bandage. The total load on the forefoot remained unchanged at all of the heel heights, but the distribution of the load changed as the heel was raised. The area of forefoot contact with the footplates decreased and there was a deviation of load toward the medial side of the forefoot with a resultant increase in pressure. These effects could contribute to overload of the distal forefoot and especially of the first ray.</p>","PeriodicalId":77133,"journal":{"name":"Foot & ankle","volume":"14 3","pages":"148-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/107110079301400307","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19474152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}