Imaging of the Foot and Ankle. Techniques and Applications

Description

· Comprehensive review of imaging of the foot and ankle.
· Detailed description of imaging techniques and procedures.
· Wide range of diseases and disorders considered.
· Wealth of illustrative material.
· Written by recognized experts in the field.

This is an up-to-date and comprehensive textbook on imaging of the foot and ankle that provides a detailed description of the techniques and imaging findings relevant to this small region of complex anatomy. In the first part of the book, the various techniques and procedures employed when imaging the foot and ankle are discussed in detail. Individual chapters are devoted to radiography, arthrography and tenography, computed tomography and CT arthrography, magnetic resonance imaging and MR arthrography, ultrasonography and intra-articular injections. The second part of the book documents the application of these techniques to the diverse clinical problems and diseases encountered in this anatomical region. Among the many topics addressed are congenital and developmental disorders, trauma, tendon and ligament pathology, compressive neuropathies, infection, the diabetic foot, arthritis, metabolic bone disease, osteonecrosis and osteochondritis, acquired deformities, sesamoid pathology, and tumours and tumour-like lesions. Each chapter is written by an acknowledged expert in the field, and a wealth of illustrative material is included. This book will be of great value to musculoskeletal and general radiologists and orthopedic surgeons.

Table of Contents

Imaging Techniques and Procedures: Radiography (Amilcare Gentili and Leanne L. Seeger); Arthrography and Tenography (Victor N. Cassar-Pullicino et al.); Computed Tomography (CT) and CT Arthrography (Richard William Whitehouse);MRI (Jeremy Jenkins); MR Arthrography of the Ankle (J. Walter Helgason and Vijay P. Chandnani); Imaging of the Ankle. Ultrasound (Stefano Bianchi, Carlo Martinoli, and Jean Carcia); Intra-articular Injections of the Ankle and Foot (Brian J. De Michaelis, S. Leon Burrows, Thomas D. Berg, and Georges El-Khoury); Clinical Problems: Congenital and Developmental Disorders (Peter Renton); Bone Trauma (Prudencia N.M. Tyrrell and Victor N. Cassar-Pullicino); Tendon Pathology (Franz Kainberger, Stefan Nehrer, and Herwig Imhof); Ligament Pathology (Allen Katz and Scott J. Erickson); Compressive Neuropathies and Plantar Fascial Lesions (Joseph S. Yu); Infection (Hans Peter Ledermann, William B. Morrison, and Mark E. Schweitzer); The Diabetic Foot (Hans Peter Ledermann, William B. Morrison and Mark E. Schweitzer); Arthritis (Mark Cobby and Iain Watt); Metabolic Bone Disease (Andrew J. Grainger, J. Mark Elliot, and Harry K. Genant); Osteonecrosis and Osteochondritis (Josef Kramer, Siegfried Hofmann, and Michael Recht); Acquired Deformities of the Foot and Ankle (Eugene G. McNally and Grahame Lavis); Sesamoid Pathology (Willliam B. Morrison and Mark E. Schweitzer); Tumours and Tumour-Like Lesions (David A. Ritchie, A. Mark Davies, and Daniel Vanel); Orthopaedic Hardware (Thomas H. Berquist); Sequelae of Torture (Hermann Vogel); Subject Index; List of Contributors.