50 Foot Challenges: Assessment and Management. Questo articolo non è disponibile.50 Foot Challenges: Assessment and Management

A highly illustrated color guide to common foot conditions for podiatry students and clinicians. Covering common pathologies with reference to treatments. Takes a case study approach each case being based on one or two illustrations. The illustration section of each case history is preceded by a synoptic introduction describing the condition presented. This is followed by two facing pages with the illustrations and questions relating to the evidence shown in the photograhs and x-rays. The questions aim to test the reader's knowledge of the relevant treatment as well as the pathology. Explanatory answers expanding on the information already presented are given on the verso page of the illustration section. The format is intended to introduce the reader to the clinical assessment process and to introduce students and newly qualified practitioners to those conditions which they are most commonly going to encounter in the clinic.

Section 1: Orthopedic
Etiology of hallux rigidus. Freiberg's infraction. Hammer toe. Polydactyly and
macrodactyly. Etiology of hallux valgus. Plantar heel pain syndrome. Achilles
tendon bursitis. Surgery of hallux rigidus. Metatarsalgia. Ganglion. Surgery of
hallux valgus. Plantar fibromatosis
Section 2: Dermatology
Venous ulceration. Plantar pustulosis/dermatosis. Fungal foot infections.
Ingrowing toenails. Subungual exostosis. Viral warts. Pitted keratolysis. Chilblains
Section 3: Pediatric
Congenital talipes equinovarus. Flat foot. Claw toe and adductus quinti digiti.
Metatarsus adductus. Talocalneal synostosis. Congenital metatarsal anomalies
Section 4: The "at risk" foot
Melanoma. Osteomyelitis. Ischemic toe. Chondrosarcoma of the great toe.
Frostbite. Subcutaneous infection. Septic arthritis
Section 5: Rheumatology
Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Gout. Reiter's syndrome. Psoriatic arthritis.
Therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
Section 6: Neurology
Morton's neuroma. Poliomyelitis. Diabetic neuropathic ulcer. Peroneal muscular
atrophy
Section 7: Trauma
Fracture of the calcaneus. Fracture dislocations of the talus. Shin splints. Chronic
rupture of Achilles tendon. Tibialis posterior rupture. Fracture dislocations of the
tarsometatarsal joints. Sesamoiditis. Osteochondral lesions of the talus.