RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ACHILLES TENDON. KEY ASPECTS OF SURGERY
The Achilles tendon joins the soleus muscle and the gemellus to the calcaneal bone and its main function is the elevation of the heel of the foot from the ground. It is the thickest and strongest tendon in our body and it inserts in the lower area by an anchorage to...
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE HALLUX RIGIDUS
The hallux rigidus is the second cause more common of pain in the metatarsophalangeal joint of first toe after the hallux valgus, so this is a pathology which we often find in the office. When the conservative treatment doesn’t get the aim of diminishing the pain and...
DIGITAL DEFORMITY: SURGICAL INTERVENTION THROUGH AN ARTHROPLASTY OF THE PROXIMAL PHALANX.
The digital deformity of the smaller toes is every time, a pathology of greater surgical demand in the podologic centers and it must not be considered as a minor problem, because pain and deformity may have a significant impact in the patient’s quality of life. In the...
SURGICAL INTERVENTION OF PLANTAR WARTS
A plantar wart is a benign circumscribed tumour of the skin, highly vascularised, which can be present in an isolated or multiple form. It has a cauliflower appearance with some black dots in its central area. They can be painful (depending on their size and...