Foot&Ankle Flashcards
Fleck sign
Small avulsion fx of 2nd met bone
XR needed for lisfranc injury
Weight bearing XR
Lisfranc ligament runs from
Medial cuneiform to 2nd met bone (dorsal and plantar lig, strong interos lig)
What must be disrupted for crossover toe
Plantar plate
Tx for mod severe Hallux valgus without arthritic changes
Bunionectomy with prox met osteotomy
Female athlete triad
Osteopenia, anorexia, amenorrhea
Total ankle replacement
Age 60 or older, low demand, minimal deformity
Wound and total ankle 3 weeks compared to 6 weeks out
3 weeks is acute infection: poly exchange
6 weeks is chronic infection: remove total ankle and place abx spacer
Ankle fusion for what patient
End stage arthritis, active patients who have failed nonsx tx
Arthroscopic debridement and cheilectomy of ankle for what patient
Bony impingement as mild arthritis with little articulate cartilage loss
Stress syndesmosis is most important in which ankle fractures
Pronation external rotation
Tx for acute Charcot foot and pathophys of bone destruction
Total contact casting
Bone destruction via hypervascularity
Cause of hammertoe
Contraction of FDL
Severe disease
Calcaneal apophysitis
Activity modificarion
Most common cause or adult acquired flat foot
Post tib tendon dysfunction
Tearing of calcaneonavicular (spring lig) and gastroc contracture