Olympic Foot and Ankle Trivia
The Evans osteotomy, a lateral column lengthening procedure, has long served as one of the workhorses in the treatment algorithm for...
Feb 24, 20221 min read
American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) Conf. Attendees Prepare to Descend on Austin, TX
In less than two weeks, ACFAS 2022 will take place in Austin, Texas. Unlike the 2021 conference, which was curtailed to 750 in-person...
Feb 24, 20221 min read
Livin' Life in 3D by Dr. Ben Umbel DOT
by Dr. Ben Umbel DOT The technology for 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has been around for several decades. It...
Feb 9, 20221 min read
Lateral Column Lengthening in Flatfoot Deformity Correction
The Evans osteotomy, a lateral column lengthening procedure, has long served as one of the workhorses in the treatment algorithm for...
Feb 9, 20221 min read
Leveraging Clinical Credibility to Drive Towards Category Leadership
TissueTech, Inc., parent company of Amniox Medical, Inc., has a new leader at its helm. Ted Davis is taking over as CEO from the...
Feb 9, 20221 min read
PSI and Varus: Accuracy in High Varus Ankles
Published in Foot & Ankle Specialist, Ben Umbel and co-authors studied the impact of CT-derived patient specific instrumentation and the...
Jan 12, 20221 min read
Medical Education
Incentives and rewards drive all medical education. Amazingly, less than 10% of medical students go to regular classes. They have learned...
Jan 12, 20221 min read
Saints Future Looks Murkier
New Orleans Saints player Taysom Hill suffered a Lisfranc injury to his foot early on during the must-win game against the Atlanta...
Jan 12, 20221 min read
Surgical Site Infections and the Digital Space
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are reported to affect around two percent of foot and ankle surgeries, with forefoot having the highest...
Dec 29, 20211 min read
Christmas-Related Injuries
The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), which conducts surveillance on consumer product-related injuries in the US,...
Dec 16, 20211 min read
The Distal Metatarsal Articular Angle: Fact or Fiction?
The popularity of first tarsometarsal joint fusion, commonly referred to as the Lapidus procedure, has continued to grow in recent years,...
Dec 16, 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...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
The OSSIO Update
Last month, OSSIO, Inc., an Israeli-based company operating out of Woburn, MA, announced the appointment of Dr. Greg Berlet as the...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Zadik Osteotomy Research Continues to Emerge for Treatment of Haglund's Triad
For the operative treatment of insertional Achilles tendinopathy with Haglund’s Impingement and Retrocalcaneal Bursitis, protracted...
Dec 1, 20212 min read
Hospital at Home (HaH) Gathers Momentum
Hospital at home refers to programs that enable patients to receive acute care in their homes instead of the traditional hospital care...
Nov 10, 20211 min read
Bunion Correction: "Rotation, Rotation, Rotation!”
Unless you’ve been under a rock, you've heard, "rotation, rotation, rotation" when it comes to hallux valgus correction. But, does it...
Nov 10, 20211 min read
3D MRI: Trick or Treat?
With ankle sprains being one of the most common MSK injuries, the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) gets a lot of attention....
Nov 10, 20211 min read
Can I Get an Operation Named After Me?
Only in foot and ankle can you get an operation named after you when all you do is divide stretched ligaments in half and tighten them...
Oct 28, 20211 min read
The Tribe has Spoken
Joint arthroplasty success is a long game with survivorship being the key issue. The Lancet published registry data in a total knee...
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Aging Superstar and Ankle Injuries
Last Sunday, during the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Memphis Grizzlies game, Lakers superstar Lebron James suffered an ankle injury after...
Oct 28, 20211 min read
The Peroneal Tendons, More Than Just Evertors of the Ankle?
Preoperative Gait Analysis of Peroneal Tendon Tears, a retrospective case series published in Foot & Ankle International, for the first...
Oct 14, 20211 min read
Foot and Ankle in the NFL (Week 5)
Sunday afternoon, while going head to head against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 5 of the NFL's regular season, Giants running back Saquon...
Oct 14, 20211 min read
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
The competitors in the Boston Marathon had their first shot at heartbreak hill after a 2.5 year hiatus due to COVID. October 11 was the...
Oct 14, 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...
Sep 30, 20211 min read




