Main description:

This book presents the essential anatomic and radiological data, discussing new and refined techniques of imaging such that readers may rely on their interpretation. The chapters on pathology are approached in a clinical context, accompanied by numerous diagrams and photographs, while the references, both classical and recent, are profuse. The result is a complete review of the subject, of interest to both the specialist and the non-specialist.

Contents:

1 Anatomy of the foot and ankle.- 2 Clinical examination of the foot and ankle.- 3 Radiography of the foot.- 4 Sectional imaging of the foot and ankle: CT and MRI.- 5 Nuclear medicine in foot pathology.- 6 Correct use of auxiliary investigations in foot and ankle disorders.- 7 The neuropathic foot.- 8 Septic arthritis of the foot and ankle.- 9 The diabetic foot.- 10 Metabolic arthropathies of the foot.- 11 The rheumatoid foot.- 12 Surgery of the rheumatoid foot: indications.- 13 Foot involvement in spondylarthropathies.- 14 Algodystrophies of the foot and ankle.- 15 Valgus flat foot and tarsal fusions.- 16 Pes cavus in the adult.- 17 Pathology of the first ray A. Hallux valgus.- 17 Pathology of the first ray B. Hallux rigidus.- 18 Disorders of the sesamoid bones.- 19 Some reflections on the first ray.- 20 Static pathology of the forefoot (Morton syndrome excluded).- 21 Morton's metatarsalgia.- 22 Painful heel syndromes of mechanical origin.- 23 Tendinopathy of the calcaneal tendon.- 24 Ankle tendon pathology (excluding calcaneal tendon disorders).- 25 Entrapment neuropathies (excluding Morton's neuroma).- 26 Stress fractures of the foot and ankle.- 27 Sprains of the ankle.- 28 Ankle sprain sequelae (excluding reflex sympathetic algodystrophy).- 29 Current concepts in the treatment of acute and chronic lateral ankle instability.- 30 Bone tumors, dystrophies and rare bone lesions of the foot.- 31 Overuse syndromes of the foot during running.- 32 Foot orthoses.- 33 General ideas about footwear.- 34 The orthopedic shoe.