Medicine Specific Content

Here is a list of podiatric medicine related pathology with associated links to videos and/or articles related to the topic. This is a collection that I have personally arranged that I find helpful. This page is a work-in progress and will be continually updated. Personal case examples will be added when available.

​Keep checking back as this page grows!

Anatomy

• Brookbush Institute (Human Movement Science) - website w search box for various topics and reviews of anatomical science.

Biopsy - Skin

• Vlahovic T. A guide to biopsy techniques. Podiatry Today. 2017, 30(6).
• Videos
  • Punch Biopsy Video by Dr. Alec Hochstein

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

• Quick reviews from Wheeless' Textbook of Ortho/Duke (here), Orthobullets (here), and eORIF (here), 
• Birklein F, et al. Complex regional pain syndrome-up-to-date. PAIN Reports. 2017, 2(6): e624
• Urits I, et al. Complex regional pain syndrome, current concepts and treatment options. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 2018, 22(10): 1-9.
• Weissmann R, et al. Pediatric complex regional pain syndrome: a review. Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal. 2016, 14(29): 1-10.

Gout

• Quick reviews from Wheeless' Textbook of Ortho/Duke (here), Orthobullets (here)
  • PSEUDOGOUT reviews from Wheeless' Textbook of Ortho/Duke (here), Orthobullets (here)
• Qaseem A. Management of Acute and Recurrent Gout: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (recs) - American College of Physicians
• Update on the Management of Gout: 2017 (pdf) - by Richard Brasington, Washington University of St. Louis
• Dore, Robin K. The gout diagnosis. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 2008. 75(5). 
• Burns, Christopher M. Latest evidence on gout management: what the clinician needs to know. Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease. 2013. 3(6): 271-286.
• Joint Fluid Analysis
  • Gout and Pseudogout Workup - Medscape
  • Joint Fluid Analysis in the ED
  • Abdullah S.Gross synovial fluid analysis in the differential diagnosis of joint effusion. J Clin Pathol, 2007. 60(10): 1144-1147.   

Nerve Injuries & Nerve Entrapment

• Hood CR, Morrison SE. Recognizing nerve injuries in patients with acute ankle sprains. Podiatry Today. 2018. 31(11).
• Beskin JL. Nerve entrapment syndromes of the foot and ankle. J AM Acad Orthop Surg. 1997. 5(5): 261-269.
• Hirose CB, McGarvey WC. Peripheral nerve entrapments. Foot Ankle Clin. 2004. 9(2): 255-269.
• Pomeroy G, Wilton J, et al. Entrapment neuropathy about the foot and ankle: an update. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2015. 23(1): 58-66.
• Delfaut EM, Demondion X, et al. Imaging of foot and ankle nerve entrapment syndromes: from well-demonstrated to unfamiliar sites. 2003. 23(3): 613-623.
• Donovan A. Rosenberg ZS, et al. MR imaging of entrapment neuropathies of the lower extremity. Par 2. The knee, leg, ankle, and foot. Radiographics. 30(4): 1001-1019.

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Post-Op Blue / White Toe (Arterial Insufficiency; Venous Congestion/Insufficiency)

• Cavaliere, Raymond G. Blue toes, sausage toes, and other funky-looking digits. Podiatry Institute Update
• Ravenell, Rahn. Vasospastic disorders, ischemic digits, and the use of epinephrine in digital surgery. Podiatry Institute Update, Chapter 30.  

Stress Fractures

• Jones BH, et al. Prevention of lower extremity stress fractures in athletes and soldiers: a systematic review. Epidemiol Rev. 2002, 24(2): 228-247.
• Mandell JC, et al. Stress fractures of the foot and ankle, part 1: biomechanics of bone and principles of imaging and treatment. Skeletal Radiol. 2017, 46(8): 1021-1029.

• Mandell JC, et al. Stress fractures of the foot and ankle, part 1: site-specific etiology, imaging, and treatment, and differential diagnosis. Skeletal Radiol. 2017, 46(9): 1165-1186
• Patel DS, et al. Stress fractures: diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Am Fam Physician. 2011, 83(1): 39-46.
• Robertson GA, et al. Lower limb stress fractures in sport: optimising their management and outcome. World J Orthop. 2017, 8(3):: 242-255. (free) 
• Royer M., et al. Stress fractures in 2011: practical approach. Joint Bone Spine. 2012, 79(S2): S86-90. (Ardent and Griffiths MRI Classification)

Stress Fractures - Navicular

• McCullough, Kirk MD - Navicular stress fractures: beware! (Foot Innovate - Clinical Webcast video, 26 min)
• Saxena A, et al. Navicular stress fracture outcome in athletes: analysis of 62 injuries. JFAS. 2017, 56(5): 943-948.
• Saxena A, et al. Navicular stress fractures: a prospective study on athletes. Foot Ankle Int. 2006, 27(11): 917-921.  ​

Total Contact Cast

• The Importance of Total Contact Casting by Dr. Jeffrey Lehrman (via New Cardiovascular Horizons 16th Annual Conference, 2015)
• "Total Contact Casting: Practice Management Considerations" by Dr. Jeffrey Lehrman (Podiatry Management, 2013)
• Videos:
  • Total Contact Cast Application by Dr. Jeffrey Lehrman (via YouTube)
  • Application of a Total Contact Cast by Dr. James McGuire (via Wounds Research)
  • Removal of a Total Contact Cast by Dr. James McGuire (via Wounds Research)

Ultrasound (Musculoskeletal Ultrasound)

• Ihantsenka B. Ultrasound: basic understanding and learning the language. Int J Shoulder Surg. 2010, 4(3):55-62.
• Videos
  • How to ankle and foot ultrasound by SonoWorld
  • Scanning technique - ultrasound foot exam by SonoSite
  • Ultrasound of the calf and ankle by Dr. David Wang, DO  
  • Ultrasound of the foot and ankle by RadiologyVideo
  • Ultrasound of the midfoot by Dr. Jonathan Finnoff, DO 
• Foot/Ankle Pathology Video Series by Dr. Benjamin Kamel, DPM 
  • Achilles Tendinopathy  / Medial Ankle - PTTD /  Neuromas  /  Plantar Plate Pathology  /  Sesamoid Pathology  /  Soft Tissue Pathology