Bone and Joint Disorders of the Foot and Ankle

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVIII

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2. Anatomy of the foot and ankle

   • F. Bonnel, M. Bonnin, F. Canovas, M. Chamoun, M. Bouysset

   Pages 1-14

3. Clinical examination of the foot and ankle

   • C. Frey

   Pages 15-20

4. Radiography of the foot

   • M. Bouysset, T. Tavernier

   Pages 21-25

5. Sectional imaging of the foot and ankle: CT and MRI

   • T. Tavernier

   Pages 27-56

6. Nuclear medicine in foot pathology

   • P. Chauvot, F. Giammarile

   Pages 57-60

7. Correct use of auxiliary investigations in foot and ankle disorders

   • M. Bouysset, M. Bonnin, T. Tavernier

   Pages 61-65

8. The neuropathic foot

   • A. Bardot, A. B. Ward, G. Curvale

   Pages 67-84

9. Septic arthritis of the foot and ankle

   • F. Gaillard, G. Rémy

   Pages 85-90

10. The diabetic foot

    • P. Vexiau, D. Acker, A. Belmouhoub

    Pages 91-104

11. Metabolic arthropathies of the foot

    • R. Westhovens, Th Conrozier, J. Dequeker

    Pages 105-109

12. The rheumatoid foot

    • M . Bouysset

    Pages 111-127

13. Surgery of the rheumatoid foot: indications

    • K. Tillmann

    Pages 129-133

14. Foot involvement in spondylarthropathies

    • F. Eulry

    Pages 135-147

15. Algodystrophies of the foot and ankle

    • F. Eulry

    Pages 149-156

16. Valgus flat foot and tarsal fusions

    • Ch Piat, D. Goutallier

    Pages 157-171

17. Pes cavus in the adult

    • H. Mestdagh, C. Maynou, E. Butin, I. Durieu

    Pages 173-182

18. Pathology of the first ray

    • Y. Tourné, F. Picard, D. Saragaglia

    Pages 183-198

19. Pathology of the first ray

    • D. Saragaglia, Y. Tourné, F. Picard

    Pages 199-202

20. Disorders of the sesamoid bones

    • F. Gaillard

    Pages 203-206

This encyclopedia on the pathology of the foot is to some extent a response to the wishes expressed in 1978 by the organizers of the "Premieres Journees Europeennes de Podologie" in Paris; in effect, they advocated a close collaboration between the diverse specialities of medicine and orthopedics in the field of the study and treatment of affections of the foot with a view to an ever closer collaboration for the well-being of the patients. An increasing number of patients seek the help of the rheumatologist or orthopedist for disorders of the feet, the clinician is then confronted either with a diagnostic problem when the foot is the organ primarily affected, or a therapeutic problem when a sufferer from a well­ defined rheumatic disease is led to consult him for persistent pain. Even if the pathology of the feet has often been neglected by the medical profession, whereas the hands have received every attention, many European rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons have for long addressed this problem. The names of some of the pioneers in this subject during the 1950S and 60S will be familiar: EGL Bywaters and A St Dixon in Great Britain, WS Vainio in Finland, K Tillmann in Germany, AS Denis and S Braun in France. Further, one should not ignore the considerable contribution to our knowledge of podology provided by the Monographies de podologie published by Masson under the supervision of Lucien Simon and his team at Montpellier: some ten volumes in all.

• ankle
• bone
• foot
• imaging
• joint
• orthopaedics
• pathology
• rheumatology

• Attaché des Hôpitaux de Lyon, Villefranche-sur-Saône, France

  Maurice Bouysset

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