Atlas of Operative Foot and Ankle Surgery: Stepwise Technique for Fractures, Deformity, Tendon Injury, Arthritis & Limb Salvage

You know the case. The skin is already tight, the swelling is up, and the incision you draw in the next minute decides whether the nerve, the flap and the fixation survive.

Foot and ankle surgery leaves very little room for improvisation. Bone, tendon, nerve and vessel sit under a thin sleeve of skin. An incision drawn by habit can injure the sural or superficial peroneal nerve. A construct chosen at the table can fail at six weeks. A complication caught late can cost a limb.

Most books give you the classification and leave the operation to you. This atlas does the opposite. It walks you through each case in the order you perform it, one decision at a time.

Every chapter answers three questions before you pick up the knife:

• What is the problem I am solving?
• What are my choices, and what does each one cost?
• What is the point most often missed?

Then it gives you the approach, the reduction, the fixation and the closure, step by step.

Inside this book

• 45 chapters in 7 parts, from surgical anatomy and approaches to revision surgery
• Fractures: ankle, pilon, talus, calcaneus, midfoot and forefoot
• Ligament and tendon surgery: lateral ankle, Achilles, peroneal and posterior tibial
• Forefoot and deformity correction: hallux valgus, lesser toes, cavovarus and pediatric foot
• Arthritis and reconstruction: ankle and hindfoot fusion, total ankle arthroplasty, Charcot
• Infection, amputation and limb salvage: the diabetic foot, tumors and failed reconstruction
• 300 board style review questions with explained answers, so you can test yourself on what you just read
• Six quick reference appendices and a glossary for the moments when you need the answer fast

Written for the person holding the instrument. Orthopedic and podiatric surgeons, fellows, residents and everyone preparing for the ABOS or ABFAS examinations will find a clear sequence they can follow in the operating room and revisit the night before a hard case.

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