Topics will include: Instrumentation and Practical Aspects of Foot and Ankle Arthroscopy;Arthroscopic Treatment of Soft Tissue Lesions;Arthroscopic Treatment of Ankle Osteochondral Defects Arthroscopic Treatment of Anterior Ankle Impingement;Arthroscopic Ankle Arthrodesis;Arthroscopy of Smaller Joints in the Foot ;Arthroscopic Applications for the Foot and Ankle Trauma.

Topics include: Arthrodesis of the Foot and Ankle: Surgical Considerations and Indications,Digital Arthrodesis, First MTPJ Arthrodesis, LisFranc Arthrodesis, Isolated TaloNavicular Arthrodesis, Subtalar Arthrodesis, Calcaneocuboid Arthrodesis, and Triple Arthrodesis.

Topics include: Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis; Conservative Management of Ankle Arthritis; Ankle Arthrodiastasis and Interpositional Ankle Exostectomy; Ankle Arthrodesis; Revision of Failed Ankle Implants; Osteochondral Talar Lesions and Defects; and Supramalleolar Osteotomies for Ankle Arthritis.

Topics include: An update on rheumatoid arthritis and pharmacological management; The perioperative management of the rheumatoid patient; Clinical manifestations and treatment of the pediatric rheumatoid patient; Medical imaging and radiographic analysis of the rheumatoid patient; The conservative treatment options for the rheumatoid foot and ankle; The surgical options for the rheumatoid ankle; and The complications encountered with the rheumatoid surgical foot and ankle.

This issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, edited by Dr. Alan Ng, will cover Surgical Advances in Ankle Arthritis. Topics discussed in the article include, but are not limited to Conservative Treatments, Ankle Arthrodiastsis; Ankle Arthroscopy; Supramalleolar Osteotomies; Ankle OCD Repair; Innovative Techniques for Ankle OCD Repair; Open Ankle Arthrodesis; Arthroscopic Ankle Arthrodesis; Total Ankle Arthroplasty; and Surgical Complications of Ankle Joint Arthrodesis and Arthroplasty Procedures.

Guest edited by Dr. H. John Visser, this issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery will cover several key areas of interest related to Cavus Foot Deformity. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Thomas Chang. Articles in this issue include but are not limited to: Radiographic Evaluation and Classification of Pes Cavus Foot and Ankle Deformity,Neurological Conditions Associated with Cavus Foot Deformity,Hallux and Lesser Digits Deformities Associated with Cavus Foot, The Subtle Cavovarus Foot Deformity: The Non-neurologic form of Cavus Foot Deformity, Use of Calcaneal Osteotomies in the Correction of Infra-Malleolar Cavovarus Deformity, Midfoot Osteotomies involving the Cavus Deformity, Principles of Triple and Limited Arthrodesis in the Cavus Foot, Tendon Transfer and It's Role in Cavus Foot Deformity, The Cavovarus Ankle: Approaches to Instability and Inframalleolar Deformity, Ankle and Pantalar Arthrodesis: End-Stage Salvage in Cavus Foot, and Total Ankle Replacement in the Varus and Cavus Foot, among others.

This issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery focuses on Foot and Ankle Arthrodesis. Article topics include: Lesser Toe Arthrodesis; First Metatarsophalangeal Arthrodesis; Tarsometatarsal Arthrodesis for Lisfranc's Injuries;Subtalar Joint Arthrodesis for Elective and Post-Traumatic Foot and Ankle Deformity; Midfoot and Hindfoot Arthrodesis for Elective and Post-Traumatic Foot and Ankle Deformity; Internal and/or External Fixation for Ankle Arthrodesis; Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis; Management of Osteomyelitis, Bone Loss and Arthrodesis in the Diabetic Charcot Foot and Ankle; Free Flap Coverage for Revisional Foot and Ankle Procedures; andCurrent Orthobiologics for Elective Arthrodesis and Nonunions of the Foot and Ankle.