Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Foot and Ankle

About this book

Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Foot and Ankle has been written for foot and ankle orthopaedic surgeons and presents procedures of many of the pioneers in less invasive surgery of the foot and ankle. The concept of not having to perform extensive soft tissue dissection and perform extra-articular surgery is appealing. Minimization of post-operative stiffness, sparing of soft tissue, less post-operative pain, less problems with wounds, better cosmesis, shorter operating times and shorter hospital stay are all benefits of minimally invasive procedures. The requests of patients and the imagination of surgeons has prompted more and more orthopaedic surgeons to perform surgery through small incisions in the foot and ankle, which have the clear advantages of less morbidity and faster recovery than the equivalent open procedures. The book explains the management of various conditions of the foot and ankle and how they can be approached using minimally invasive techniques. However, rather than only concentrating on minimally invasive surgery, all options open to surgeons operating in this area are examined – both open surgical and arthroscopic – with an explanation of the benefits of each. Extensive radiographs, diagrams, and intra-operative pictures illustrate the procedures described and combine to provide a clear and highly useful tool in diagnosis and management of foot and ankle disorders.

Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Related subjects » Medicine - Orthopedics

Table of contents

Minimally invasive foot surgery: a paradigm shift.- Computer-assisted surgery (cas).- in foot and ankle surgery.- Tendoscopy.- Arthroscopy of the first metatarsophalangeal joint.- Minimally invasive management of hallux rigidus.- Percutaneous first metatarso-phalangeal joint fusion.- The Reverdin-Isham procedure for the correction of hallux valgus.- Arthroscopic assisted correction of hallux valgus deformity.- Minimally invasive hallux valgus correction.- Minimally invasive modified Wilson osteotomy for hallux valgus.- Percutaneous treatment of static metatarsalgia with distal metatarsal mini-invasive osteotomy.- Percutaneous surgery for static metatarsalgia.- Isham hammertoe procedures for the correction of lesser digital deformities.- Minimally invasive management of dorsiflexion contracture at the metatarsophalangeal joint and plantarflexion contracture at the proximal interphalangeal joint of the fifth toe.- Arthroscopic assisted correction of lesser toe deformity.- Percutaneous fixation of proximal fifth metatarsal fractures.- Minimally invasive realignement surgery of Charcot foot.- Arthroscopic triple arthrodesis.- Percutaneus Calcaneal Displacement Osteotomy.- Tendoscopy of the flexor hallucis longus tendon.- Open reduction and internal fixation of calcaneal fractures through a combined medial and lateral approach using a small incision technique.- Endoscopic plantar fasciotomy.- Arthroscopic os trigonum excision.- Endoscopic calcaneoplasty.- Postero-medial approach in the supine position for posterior ankle endoscopy.- Ankle equinus and endoscopic gastrocnemius recession.- Arthroscopic arthrodesis of the ankle.- Percutaneous osteosynthesis of distal tibial fractures using locking plates.- Percutaneous supramalleolar osteotomy using the Ilizarov/ Taylor spatial frame.- Minimally invasive management of syndesmotic injuries.- Endoscopic assisted percutaneous Achilles tendon repair.- Percutaneous repair of acute Achilles tendon ruptures.- Minimally invasive semitendinosus tendon graft augmentation for reconstruction of chronic tears of the Achilles tendon.- Minimally invasive Achilles tendon reconstruction using the peroneus brevis tendon graft.- Free hamstrings tendon transfer and interference screw fixation for less invasive reconstruction of chronic avulsions of the Achilles tendon.- Percutaneous longitudinal tenotomies for chronic Achilles tendinopathy.- Minimally invasive stripping for chronic Achilles tendinopathy.