Oct 30, 20241 min read
The Gloves Are Off
David (niche bunion company Treace Medical Concepts ) takes on Goliath ( Stryker Corporation ) with a newly announced lawsuit , alleging...
Jul 10, 20241 min read
Total Ankle Arthroplasty (TAA) versus Ankle Arthrodesis (AA): Insights From Germany
by Vince Vacketta, DPM Another retrospective comparative study has been published, this time using a German insurance database to...
Jul 2, 20241 min read
Pain After Ankle Arthroplasty (AA): Is Conversion to Total Ankle Arthrodesis (TAA) Truly Viable?
Debilitating ankle osteoarthritis (OA) affects a broad demographic of patients. Considerations for procedure selection between AA and TAA...
Jun 26, 20241 min read
Malpractice Litigation and Hindfoot Fusion
by Vince Vacketta, DPM Medical malpractice litigation is an unfortunate aspect of any physician’s or surgeon's practice. Orthopedic...
Mar 9, 20231 min read
AVN & Prosthetic Replacement of the Talus
Avascular necrosis of the talus has been a diagnosis vexing foot-and-ankle surgeons for a long time. Real pain and disability with...
Apr 14, 20221 min read
Distraction Arthroplasty: Adjuvant Procedures May Be Doing More Harm Than Good
Distraction Arthroplasty (DA) is an alternative for select patients in the treatment of ankle osteoarthrosis. Distraction offloads the...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Well, This Is Taking Wearable to the Next Level
Imagine not wearing an Apple watch or Oura ring, but rather having an internal sensor that communicates your physiologic data back to...
Sep 30, 20211 min read
Total Ankle Arthroplasty With Anatomic Lateral Ankle Stabilization (ATLAS)?
A retrospective case series in the Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery, “Total Ankle Arthroplasty With Anatomic Lateral Ankle Stabilization...
Jun 23, 20211 min read
The Medial Double Arthrodesis: Over-rated?
There is little debate regarding the utility of arthrodesis type procedures in the treatment of end-stage adult acquired flatfoot...
May 26, 20211 min read
MedShape, CurveBeam Initiate Joint Prospective Clinical Study
MedShape and CurveBeam have announced the initiation of a first it’s kind Joint Prospective Clinical Study: Tibiotalocalcaneal...