The February 2024 Foot & Ankle Roundup. 360. looks at: Survival of revision ankle arthroplasty; Tibiotalocalcaneal nail for the management of open ankle fractures in the elderly patient; Accuracy of a patient-specific total ankle arthroplasty instrumentation; Fusion after failed primary ankle arthroplasty: can it work?; Treatment options for osteochondral lesions of the talus; Managing hair tourniquet syndrome of toe: a rare emergency; Ultrasound-guided collagenase therapy for recurrent
1 . An epileptic patient with Dupuytren's contracture of the palms, severe
Introduction: Tumours of the foot are rare, representing only 4 to 8 per cent of all bone and soft tissue tumours: a negligible number compared to degenerative, posttraumatic, vascular and metabolic diseases of this exposed region. Hence neoplasms of the foot are often diagnosed late and treated inadequately. Methods: The records of all tumours of the foot and ankle treated surgically at our institution in the period 1993 to 2007 were reviewed. Because of their non-neoplastic nature typical lesions of the foot such as
We report the case of an 82-year-old man who
underwent fasciectomy for a severe Dupuytren’s contracture, during which
an ossified lesion was encountered within the contracture and surrounding
the neurovascular bundle. The abnormal tissue was removed with difficulty
and heterotopic ossification was confirmed histologically. We believe this
is the first report of heterotopic ossification in Dupuytren’s disease.