Foot/Ankle News

Compared with a standard technique guide, virtual reality improved procedural accuracy and completion proportion for orthopedic residents training to insert an intramedullary tibial nail into synthetic bone, according to published results.

According to a review of the institutional costs related to nonunion after ankle arthrodesis, the necessary additional care due to revision has a financial burden of $9,683, or the equivalent of 9 nights in an acute care hospital.

Physicians should encourage adults to use NSAIDs, particularly topical ones, to treat acute non-low back pain that stems from musculoskeletal injuries, according to a new guideline from the ACP and American Academy of Family Physicians.

Osteochondral autograft transplantation has shown positive clinical outcomes in the treatment of medium-sized osteochondral lesions of the talus, according to a study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery.

A 61-year-old man presented to clinic 1 week after a motor vehicle accident with left ankle pain and swelling. He also reported having a chronic inability to dorsiflex his left foot.

CMS published an update to the reimbursement calculation used to determine transitional pass-through payment for the category of bone substitute products that includes Wright Medical Group’s Augment Regenerative Solutions products.

Vitamin D supplementation and the maintenance of sufficient vitamin D levels for 2 years successfully reduced disabling foot pain in patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, according to published results.

Two-thirds of patients undergoing foot and ankle surgery have higher expectations than their surgeons, according to published results.

Platelet-rich plasma injections did not show any clinical or functional improvement in the recovery of nonoperatively treated acute Achilles tendon ruptures, according to published results.

Percutaneous and arthroscopically assisted calcaneal osteosynthesis of calcaneal fractures had “good clinical outcomes” with little risk of infection or complications, according to published results.