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Immediate postoperative of the patient.
A digital exostosis is a circumscribed partial hypertrophia from the surface of the phalanx of any toe. The exostosis is a process of the phalanx without a broken periosteum and with no migration. Radiologically, it is unilateral, with an osteocartilaginous configuration, without its own ossification nucleus, radiopaque and with no deference from the adjacent bone. […]
ASSESSMENT OF ASYMMETRIES IN THE LOWER EXTREMITY
I would like to stress the importance of the diagnosis and treatment of asymmetries in this issue. Many patients are wandering around with a raised insole of several millimeters or centimeters without having examined them thoroughly. From my point of view, it is more harmful for the body in the long-term to use an inappropriately […]
Ankle and Foot Orthosis
Ankle orthoses, also known as AFO (ankle foot orthosis), are devices (braces) frequently used in our day-to-day practice among patients who have severe dynamic anomalies. This kind of orthesis is like an external brace adapted to the lower extremity that modifies the neuromuscularskeletal structure as well as its functionality.The ankle foot brace makes a plantar […]
More frequent amputations of lower extremity
In this issue I will show you the amputations more frequently gained that come to visit to my office. The amputations are the only possible treatment to an affection situation of a member with a null and void answer to other medicochirurgical treatments more conservative. The amputation has many causes such as for example, vascular […]
The diabetic foot: general considerations
When we speak about the diabetic foot we are referring to a summary of pathologies which have an impact on the foot as a result of the Diabetes Mellitus which the patient suffers. Diabetes is a chronic disease which affects to a vast number of people causing them a series of serious complications and a […]
Unguinal surgery minimally invasive
The unguinal pathology produces a lot of surgical operations confronted to other surgeries which affects to the foot. There are countless techniques described which depend of the toe state, and of every professional’s skill and experience. The surgical variability takes in from the complete extirpation of the nail, the only resection from tender parts and […]
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