Foot/Ankle News

The final placement of total ankle arthroplasty implants is shown in a 58-year-old man with stage 4 adult acquired flatfoot deformity.

The relative stability with distraction of the ankle joint and medial endpoint is shown in a 58-year-old man with stage 4 adult acquired flatfoot deformity who underwent total ankle arthroplasty.

Mark E. Easley, MD, FAAOS, performed total ankle arthroplasty, double arthrodesis and foot realignment/stabilization in a 72-year-old man with stage 4 flatfoot deformity.

A physician practicing in a region hit hard by the opioid crisis helped develop a program that ascertains which patients in chronic pain who take opioids should undergo urine drug testing and how physicians can interpret these test results.

Historically, management of ankle fracture pathology has focused primarily on obtaining congruity of the ankle mortise with focused surgical restoration of anatomic osseous alignment.

Shift in appropriate site of service

Pregnant women were “frequently” coprescribed opioids and psychotropic medications, researchers of a cross-sectional study wrote. These prescriptions sometimes led to antepartum hospitalization, they added.

DePuy Synthes has announced the launch of its Fibulink syndesmosis repair system for patients with traumatic ankle injuries, according to a press release.

Healio LIVE announced Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021, which was scheduled for January 2021 in Maui, Hawaii, will be rescheduled to later in the year.

Opioid use among older Medicare beneficiaries dropped during a recent 4-year period, but a “substantial” number of these individuals were considered chronic and heavy opioid users, researchers wrote.