Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, Volume 91, Issue 8

The authors evaluate nonsurgical and surgical approaches to treating patients with hemophilic arthropathy and review the functional and economic limitations imposed on treating these patients. Indications for surgery are discussed and a case study th...

Three case studies of fractures are presented that demonstrate the potential morbidity that these injuries can cause as well as the acceptable outcomes if treated appropriately. Two of the cases are talar fracture dislocations; the third is an osteoc...

Posterior facet talocalcaneal coalition is one of the rarest forms of talocalcaneal coalition. When a posterior facet coalition occurs, it typically involves a majority of the posterior facet articular surface. The authors present a rare form of post...

The authors present a simple and effective technique to achieve arthrodesis of the hallucal interphalangeal joint. Stabilization is achieved by external fixation with crossing Kirschner wires joined together to create a single functional unit, a tech...

JAPMA is pleased to have been granted permission to reprint the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement [...]

To comprehend the results of a randomized, controlled trial (RCT), readers must understand its design, conduct, analysis, and interpretation. That goal can be achieved only through complete transparency from authors. Despite several decades of educat...

The efforts of the Health Systems Committee of APMA during these past 12 months have varied—but all of those efforts strive to give our members the strategies and information they can use to adapt to the environment of managed care and to assist our...

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The neuropathic foot has the potential to develop Charcot arthropathy. This study describes multiple cases of Charcot’s foot following surgery. Of all the cases described, only one patient had any preexisting Charcot deformity or acute Charcot event....

The Smith subtalar arthroereisis implant (STA-peg) is used to correct severe collapsing pes valgoplanus in children. Flake and Austin modified the placement of this implant to block the leading wall of the lateral talus. Twenty-one patients with a to...