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Smart Toe® Implant Versus Buried Kirschner Wire for Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Arthrodesis: A Comparative Study – Corrected Proof

June 17, 2013

Abstract: The surgical correction of hammer digits offers a variety of surgical treatments ranging from arthroplasty to arthrodesis, with many options for fixation. In the present study, we compared 2 buried implants for arthrodesis of lesser digit deformities: a Smart Toe® implant and a buried Kirschner wire

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Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better – Corrected Proof

June 17, 2013

Abstract: Newly introduced drugs or treatments may not be substantively more effective than current therapies, but these drugs or treatments may have distinct advantages in terms of lower costs or fewer or less severe side effects. Demonstrating the utility of a novel treatment is thus unlike usual hypothesis testing, in which researchers seek to prove that treatments differ (i.e., that one treatment is better than another). Instead, researchers must prove that the treatments are equivalent in effectiveness (i.e., that the treatments do not differ).

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Dear Editor – Corrected Proof

June 14, 2013

We would like to comment on an article by Meyr et al and describe our experience with diabetic foot osteomyelitis . We recently published a histopathologic classification of osteomyelitis according to the cell groups present and the histopathologic changes in the bone samples analyzed . We have shown that with the use of a perfectly defined theoretical framework, the interpretation of the data observed in the bone biopsy is no longer subjective and the interobserver variability decreases.

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Accentuate the Positive? The Negative Role of Bias – Corrected Proof

June 10, 2013

Abstract: In spite of authors’ best efforts, bias can creep unbidden and unseen into the medical literature.

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Popliteal Blocks for Foot and Ankle Surgery: Success Rate and Contributing Factors – Corrected Proof

June 7, 2013

Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the factors contributing to the success of popliteal nerve blocks performed by podiatric surgical residents in various stages of training. A retrospective review was conducted of 143 consecutively performed blocks during a 2-year period

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The Correlation of Achilles Tendinopathy and Body Mass Index

May 17, 2013

With this study we intend to determine if there is a correlation between body mass index (BMI) and Achilles tendon pathology.

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Appearance of Osteolysis with Melorheostosis: Redefining the Disease or a New Disorder? A Novel Case Report with Multimodality Imaging – Corrected…

May 16, 2013

Abstract: We present a case report of melorheostosis with the novel radiographic finding of underlying cortical resorption. A number of radiographic patterns of melorheostosis have been described; however, the combination of new bone formation and resorption of the original cortex appears unique. Although the presence of underlying lysis has been postulated in published studies, direct radiographic evidence of bony resorption in melorheostosis has not been reported.

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Temporary Cementation in Total Ankle Arthroplasty – Corrected Proof

May 13, 2013

Abstract: Total ankle arthroplasty can be technically demanding in patients with poor bone quality.

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An Unusual Variety of Simultaneous Fracture Dislocation Pattern: Medial Swivel Dislocation of Talonavicular Joint with Displaced Fractures of the…

May 13, 2013

Abstract: In published studies, a very rare, special type of Chopart dislocation termed a swivel dislocation has been reported. This injury is characterized by dislocation of the talonavicular joint, but the calcaneocuboid joint remains intact. The foot creates a typical rotational movement without inversion or eversion

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