by Laura W. Bancroft, MD; Robert B. Anderson, MD The Case: A 19-year-old football quarterback was tackled, felt a pop in the plantar aspect of his great toe, and experienced significant pain. He immediately could not bear weight or walk, and subsequently developed ecchymosis about the great toe and medial …
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recently released a new clinical practice guideline to assist orthopedic surgeons in managing acute Achilles tendon ruptures. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors adopted the guideline, The Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture: Guideline and Evidence Report, in December which …
by Charles Sorbie, MB, ChB, FRCS(E), FRCS(C) The incidence of club foot (approximately 0.8/1000 to 1.0/1000 live births) has remained much the same, at least in Scandinavia, from the earliest studies in 1913 until 1990. During the 1990s, however, it rose to 1.2/1000 in Denmark and 1.4/1000 Sweden, and for …