This unique text utilizes a bulleted, case-based approach to present a variety of surgical strategies and techniques for tackling the many challenges posed by revision foot and ankle surgery.The book is organized thematically into sections on the forefoot, trauma, sports injuries, and arthritis and reconstruction, with each chapter including key takeaway points, discussions of evaluation, surgical planning, and the cases themselves. Specific revision topics presented include first MTP joint fusion, failed bunion and hammertoe, failed Lisfranc and fifth metatarsal fracture, failed flatfoot and subtalar fusion, and nonunion of ankle fusion and failed total ankle replacement, among others.
The challenge of revision foot and ankle surgery is that there are countless ways for a surgery to fail. Therefore, presenting as many different scenarios as possible and techniques to address them is the main advantage of the book. Practical and user-friendly, Revision Surgery of the Foot and Ankle will prove indispensable to both the young and veteran orthopedic surgeon preparing for these challenging surgical interventions.
About the Author: Mark J. Berkowitz, MD, MBA
Director, Foot and Ankle Center
Director, Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Orthopedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland, OH, USA
Michael P. Clare, MD Director, Foot & Ankle Fellowship
Florida Orthopedic Institute
Tampa, FL, USA
Paul T. Fortin, MD
Professor, Orthopedic Surgery
Director, Foot and Ankle Fellowship
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Royal Oak MI, USA
Lew Schon, MD FACS
Director of Orthopedic Innovation
Institute of Foot and Ankle Reconstruction Mercy Medical Center
Faculty MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
Associate Prof of Orthopaedics BME Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Fischell Literati Faculty: University of Maryland Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Baltimore, MD
Professor of Orthpaedic Surgery New York University Langone
New York, NY
Associate Prof of Orthopaedics, Georgetown School of Medicine
Washington DC
Roy W. Sanders, MD
Professor & Chairman
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
University of South Florida
President and Chief Medical Officer
Florida Orthopedic Institute
Chief, Department of Orthopedics
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL, USA
