Foot/Ankle News

TORONTO —Total ankle replacements performed in an ambulatory surgical center offered more cost-savings benefits than an inpatient facility, according to results presented at the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeons Annual Meeting.

A 27-year-old otherwise healthy woman was evaluated 1 month after she sustained an isolated right-ankle fracture dislocation in a sky diving accident. The patient was initially treated at another institution, where she underwent open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) with syndesmotic screw fixation in the OR. Initial injury films were unavailable. Imaging revealed a non-anatomic ankle mortise at her 1-month follow-up visit, and she was subsequently referred to our clinic.

As announced in the July issue of Orthopaedics Today Europe, EFORT and the Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology will hold the first Orthopaedic Convention for Eastern Europe on 3 to 5 November 2016 in Pozna, Poland at the Congress and Teaching Centre of Pozna University of Medical Sciences.

EFORT Open Reviews (EOR) is the new open access journal from EFORT and The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery. All articles are free to read online with no subscription required. Have you read these articles yet?

Stryker announced a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Restore Surgical LLC, doing business as Instratek.

Recently published results showed an increased prevalence of frequent first metatarsophalangeal pain at the hallux and second metatarsal was ‘modestly’ associated with lower pressure time integral.

Centric Medical, a division of Life Spine Inc., announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Hammertoe Correction System.

Few patients who underwent ankle fracture fixation experienced pain or had restricted function and many patients had improved long-term functional scores, despite the presence of radiographic arthritis, according to results with more than a decade of follow-up.

TORONTO — Following stemmed total ankle arthroplasty, patients had signs of stress shielding over both malleoli which investigators found resulted in decreased bone mineral density in the lateral and medial malleolus, as well as increased bone mineral density at the medial tibial metaphysis.

Results from this retrospective cross-sectional study of ice hockey players indicated MRI could be used to detect severe bone injuries that are not radiographically visible and that most fractures and high-grade contusions sustained in the study group occurred in the medial ankle and midfoot.