Session 7 Flashcards
Foot & ankle
- ? bones in foot
- ? tendons
- ? major arteries & veins cross the ankle
- ? nerves
- 28
- 12
- 2
- 5
the ankle is comprised of the tibia (shin bone), fibula and talus. These bones make up the tibiofibular joints, the talocrural joint and the subtalar joint. The foot consists of 26 bones: 14 phalangeal (toes) 5 metatarsal and 7 tarsal. Additionally, there are 2 sesamoid bones beneath the first metatarsal. The bones of the foot form the interphalangeal joints, the metatarsophalangeal joints and intermetatarsal joints, the tarsometatarsal joint, the subtalar joint and the midtarsal joint.
Name all the bones that make up the foot & ankle
What is the image showing?
What is most of the foot supported by?
arch is made up of?
Should have an arch
Most of foot supported my medial column
Arch made up of talus, navicular, cuneiform, first metatarsals
What type of joint is the ankle ?
Hinge joint
- What is this image showing?
- This is normally common in?
- Presentation:
- Major cause?
- Treatment
- “Bunions”- Hallux (toe) Valgus (deformity)
- middle aged females, after menapause ligaments relax & heels
- don’t like look of feet,
pain over the bump,
difficulty with shoes
(Do not perform cosmetic surgery)
- Inappropriate shoes/behaviour is a major cause of problems - heels (not meant to stand on METATARSAL HEAD)
- Change shoes
- operation
- Change shoes
metatarsal osteotomy
(Surgical re-alignment of the big toe bone)
Sesamoids no longer sitting under metatarsal head
vaLgus:
deviation of the distal limb away from the midline
vaRus:
deviation of the distal limb towards the midline
Which patient would wear the insole on he right and left?
Left valus
How do you perform a metatarsal osteotomy
Cut bone
Two metal screws
moved so no longer points laterally
- What is this image showing?
- Presentation:
- Hallux rigidus (arthritis of the big toe), osteoarthritis 1st MTPJ
- pain in MTPJ
lump over joint (& stiffness)
- What is this image showing?
- X-ray signs of arthritis:
- Hallux rigidus (osteoarthritis of the first MTPJ)
- Loss of joint space
- Osteophytes (extra bone) (Body tries to increase SA of joint that doesn’t work
- Loss of joint space
Excess joint)
- Cysts (dark area)
- Subchondral sclerosis (marble) (Bone goes white
Worn away
Becomes rock hard)
What is this image showing?
Hallux rigidus
No movement of the joint
What is this image showing?
Ankle arthritis
Loss of joint space
Loss of osteophytes
Can’t really see cysts
Subchondral sclerosis
Arthritis treatment LO
What are the two types of treatment
Conservative & surgical
Why might they have conservative treatment? (3)
- Few complications
- Unfit for surgery
- Unable to cope/take time off work
Give 5 examples of conservative treatment
- Braces
- Shoe modifications (rockers curved bits on bottom of sole)
- Painkillers
- Activity modifications
- Walking stick
Arthritis surgical treatments (5)
“Re-align”- osteotomy (cutting the bone)
“Restrict”- arthrodesis/fusion (surgical stiffening of the joint)
“Replace”- arthroplasty (joint replacement)
“Remove”- excision arthroplasty (can’t remove an ankle joint)
“Resurface”- cartilage/bone transplant
How do we perform fusion to fix hallux rigidus
gold standard:
fusion
- create a “fracture” instead of the joint
- stabilize the “fracture” (with (2) screws)
- allow normal bone repair to fuse the joint
How is arthrodesis used to treat ankle arthritis?
If you fuse the ankle joint how do you move the foot?
Key hole surgery, two holes remove surface of joint
Movements in foot not ankle
But can’t put on a welly due to angle you have to put your foot in
- How is athroplasty used to treat ankle arthritis?
- What is the advantage over arthrodesis
- Cut out joint surfaces & replace the surfaces with metal components
- Ankle replace can move ankle afterwards
Protects joint above and below
Whereas fusion won’t do will put stress above and below joint can get arthritis in long term
What are the complications
Infection/wound breakdown
Use an antiobiotics segment
What is the largest tendon in the body
Achilles’ tendon
- Where is the vascular watershed in the Achilles tendon
- Rupture typically in ? old
“weekend warriors” who often complain of?
- If you get an Achilles tendon rupture can you still plantarflex?
- Why is the Achilles tendon frequently injured?
- Vascular “watershed” 6cm from insertion into calcaneus
- 30-50 year
- Often complain of being “kicked
on the back of the heel
- Maybe if plantaris tendon still remains intact
- Blood supply comes in from above and below the Achilles’ tendon & joint
Hypovascular area no good blood supply area prone to injury
How do you test for an Achilles’ tendon rupture?
Feel a gap when palpate two tendons & gap in between
However if present late might not get classical signs
Can do Thompson test
Squeeze calf foot should plantarflex
Means continuity
All you should need is a clinical examination but if in doubt what investigations should you do?
- How do we treat Achilles’ tendon rupture?
- ? wound complications with surgery
- ? month recovery
- Re-rupture rate 5. How much function will be restored?
- Most now treated conservatively (Immobilise with foot platarflex tendons come together again
Initial immobilise then after several weeks start gradually moving as tendons like to move)
- 5-10%
- 12
- 2-8%
- 90-95% function
What are these images showing?
Flatfoot valgus (laterally away from midline)
Loss of longitudinal arch
- What is this image showing
- Signs/symptom? Who usually gets flat feet?
- flat foot: planovalgus (adult onset)
- change in shape
location of pain females middle aged pain behind medial malleolus (symptom)
tibialis posterior dysfunction
Flatfoot- radiological assessment
What changes would you expect to see in a person with flat feet in a radiological assessment
Talus starts to collapse & points into ground
Medial arch start to drop
Medial & lateral arch start to be at the same level
Uncovering of the head of the talus
What happens in Stage 4 flatfoot?
Deltoid ligament insufficiency/ankle involvement
Whole of the ankle joint starts to tip
Talus starts to collapse & points into ground
Medial arch start to drop
Medial & lateral arch start to be at the same level
Flatfoot
- Treatment:
- Operation:
insoles – medial arch support
physiotherapy
80% better
- reconstruction if flexible foot
arthrodesis if stiff foot
flat foot- reconstruction
Cut the heel bone & realigned it then shifted the heel back underneath the leg
Screwed the calcaneus but have moved it medially
Also reconstructed the ligament under the foot
Medial part of foot of the ground
What type of arthrodesis surgery is used for stiff joints
Tripple fusion (T-N, C-C and ST joins)
Tala navicular joint remove cartilage stiffen joint staple and get it to fuse
Diabetes and the foot LO
- 15% of ? experience foot problems
- 25% of diabetic hospitalisations for the ?
- 50% of major ? are in diabetics
- 66% probability of ? within 5 years
- 50-70% ? within 5 years after major amputation- worse than a lot of cancers
- diabetics
- foot
- amputations
- contra-lateral amputation
- mortality (mobilise an artificial leg, more energy, more strain on the heart)