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
