The difference between an average surgeon and a master surgeon is often an ability to navigate and resolve surgical complications. Complications in Orthopaedics: Foot and Ankle Surgery provides expert guidance and offers real solutions to improve patient outcomes, for both the trainee and the experienced surgeon. This brand-new volume in the Complications in Orthopaedics series from series editor Dr. Stephen R. Thompson, along with expert surgeons Drs. Amiethab Aiyer, Ettore Vulcano, and Jonathan Kaplan, focuses on how to recognize and avoid errors during foot and ankle surgery, with thorough coverage of preoperative errors, intraoperative issues, and postoperative complications.
- Helps you navigate a wide variety of inevitable difficult situations in foot and ankle surgery, whether errors in judgment, technical mistakes, or unavoidable outcomes
- Covers key topics such as patient safety, informed decision making, improved postoperative care, quality improvement, multidisciplinary collaboration, and more
- Features a full-color design with numerous photographs, radiographs, and illustrations
- Includes video clips to enhance and reinforce the material
- Follows a templated, reader-friendly format throughout
- Includes introductory material on relevant anatomy and necessary background information
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
Table of Contents
Part 1: ForefootSection 1: Hallux Valgus
1. Osteotomy (Proximal/Distal)
2. Lapidus
Section 2: Hallux Rigidus
3. First MTP Joint Cheilectomy
4. Arthrodesis
5. Arthroplasty
Section 3: Lesser Toes
6. Complications in Hammertoe Correction
7. Plantar Plate Tear
8. Digital neuroma
Part 2: Midfoot
Section 1: Trauma/Sequelae
9. Lisfranc Injury
10. Midfoot Arthritis
11. Fifth Metatarsal Fractures
12. Charcot Neuroarthropathy
Part 3: Hindfoot
Section 1: Trauma
13. Calcaneal Fractures
14. Talus Fracture
Section 2: Deformity
15. Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity (PCFD)
16. Complications of Cavovarus Foot Surgery
17. Deformity After Hindfoot Fusion
Part 4: Ankle
Section 1: Trauma
18. Ankle Fracture (Including Acute Syndesmotic/ Deltoid Injuries)
19. Pilon Injuries
Section 2: Arthroplasty
20. Total Ankle Replacement (TAR) Infection
21. Total Ankle Arthroplasty Loosening
22. Arthrodesis After Failed Total Ankle Replacement
Section 3: Infection
23. Soft Tissue Infection, Foot and Ankle
24. Osteomyelitis
Section 4: Sports/Soft tissue
25. Management of Complications from Achilles Tendon Ruptures
26. Complications Associated with Peroneal Tendon Injuries
27. Talar and Tibial Osteochondral Defects
28. Deltoid Ligament Sprain/Rupture
29. Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability
