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50 Foot Challenges: Assessment and Management ISBN: 0443064954 ISBN13: 9780443064951 50 Foot Challenges: Assessment and Management By: Colin Thomson ; J. N. Alastair Gibson Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Format: Paperback Our Price: 23.13 Discount: 11% RRP: 25.99

This much-needed, full-colour guide to foot conditions covers common pathologies with references to treatments. Introducing the reader to the clinical assessment process, this highly illustrated resource focuses on the conditions most frequently encountered in practice. Its easy-to-use format features a case study approach, with illustrations and a synoptic introduction describing each condition presented. Every case includes questions relating to the evidence shown in the photographs and x-rays that aim to test the reader's knowledge of the relevant treatment and the pathology. Explanatory answers expand on the information already presented.


Contents:

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.


Brief Description:

Covers common pathologies with references to treatments. This illustrated resource focuses on the conditions most frequently encountered in practice and introduces the reader to the clinical assessment process. It features a case study approach, with illustrations and synoptic introduction describing each condition presented.

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