At the Novel Approaches to Hindfoot Surgery course, Justin Fleming, DPM (Somerset, NJ), details his clinical-decision making process when selecting the surgical approach and hardware to optimize compression and fixation at the tibiotalar joint in ankle fusion.
Sean Calloway, MD (Indianapolis, IN), demonstrates a quick tip for protecting sutures when using the FlipCutter® III drill during a meniscal root repair.
Brian J. Cole, MD, MBA (Chicago, IL), demonstrates a trochlear osteochondral allograft procedure. Dr. Cole highlights several features of the instrumentation and workstation that help surgeons prepare donor and recipient surgical sites.
Hindfoot and ankle osteoarthritis presents along a spectrum of severity, requiring a patient-centered approach to treatment. Current treatment concepts explore advances in arthrodesis techniques, including guidelines for joint preparation, hindfoot nails, and arthroscopic and minimally invasive procedures.
Michael A. Gallizzi, MD (Vail, CO), describes finding the "positive stop" of the transverse process-facet joint junction during the approach for a medial branch transection, ensuring the correct anatomical location for the procedure.
Traumatic in nature, ruptures of the distal biceps tendon can have a debilitating impact on exercise and daily activities. Due to the nature of these injuries, time-sensitive surgical intervention is often needed to restore function.
Jim C. Hsu, MD (Greenwich, CT), demonstrates a distal PCL avulsion repair using the PCL Repair TightRope® implant and FiberRing™ sutures. The InternalBrace surgical technique is intended only to augment the primary repair/reconstruction by expanding the area of tissue approximation during...
Raymond J. Gardocki, MD (Nashville, TN), discusses the history of endoscopic spine surgery, beginning with the transforaminal approach, and reviews his transforaminal approach technique for posterolateral and intraforaminal herniations.
Paul C. Brady, MD (Knoxville, TN), presents a challenging case in which he repairs a pan labral tear in the setting of multidirectional instability and decompression of a paralabral cyst. He uses an elevator instrument to prepare the soft tissue, then...
Benjamin G. Domb, MD (Chicago, IL), demonstrates proper patient setup when using the Hip Distraction System (HDS) and outlines the features and benefits of achieving and maintaining joint distraction.
At the East Coast Foot and Ankle Summit, Ryan B. Rigby, DPM (Logan, UT), discusses the benefits of augmenting a lateral ankle ligament repair with FiberTape® suture.
Sommer Hammoud, MD (Philadelphia, PA), demonstrates the application of the FiberStitch™ 1.5 all-suture implant, which deploys soft suture sheaths behind the meniscus and replaces traditional hard plastic PEEK implants, for a medial meniscus bucket-handle tear.
Sanj Kakar, MD (Rochester, MN), establishes thumb CMC nano arthroscopy portals (1R, 1U, thenar) with the NanoNeedle Scope on a cadaver specimen.
Sanj Kakar, MD (Rochester, MN), performs thenar portal synovitic debridement using the NanoNeedle Scope in a cadaver specimen.
Grant H. Garcia, MD (Seattle, WA), demonstrates a technique for a distal patellar tendon SpeedBridge™ repair using Knee FiberTak® and SwiveLock® anchors.
