64 year old female who presented pain within her great toe. Patient had a history of silicone total implant surgery to the 1st MTP which she subsequently had removed after a second surgery. Over time patient developed pain in the ball of her foot and was unable to bend the toe. PHYSICAL EXAM: 0 degrees of range of motion
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Patient History 65 year old male with long history of ankle surgeries: 2003 – ankle fusion takedown, Agility TAR, subtalar fusion, calcaneal osteotomy, TAL 2004 – Agility revision of all components, cemented 2005 – I and D, Agility explanted, cement spacer 2006 – custom Agility total ankle with stems (Figure 1a, b) 2010 – ankle
67 year old female with history of silastic great toe arthroplasty in 2001. Now with pain, deformity andswelling. She has attempted conservative management with shoe modifications, carbon fiber insole,activity modifications and medications without success.She opted for removal of her silastic implant with revision to MTPJ arthrodesis. The procedure wastolerated well and adjuvant hammertoe procedure with
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This case comes from Dr. Amber Shane, DPM, of Orlando, Florida: A 37 year-old male initially presents with a full-thickness Achilles Tendon rupture from a basketball jumping injury 3 days ago. The patient underwent end-to-end open primary repair. Full healing of the surgical site occurred at two weeks with a normal postoperative course. Four weeks
