This issue of Clinics in Podiatic Medicine and Surgery is the first of two dealing with Total Ankle Replacement, guest edited by Dr. Thomas Roukis. Article topics include: Controversies in total ankle replacement, Techniques for managing varus and valgus mal-alignment during total ankle replacement, The INBONE IITM total ankle replacement system, The SaltoTM mobile bearing total ankle replacement system, and The STARTM implant: Surgical approach and experience with the well-aligned and severely deformed ankle.

This issue of Clinics in Podiatic Medicine and Surgery is the second of two dealing with Total Ankle Replacement, guest edited by Dr. Thomas Roukis. Article topics include: Modes of failure of current total ankle replacement systems, Peri-prosthetic aseptic osteolysis: cause and management, Revision of the infected total ankle replacement, Fusion following failed total ankle replacement, Tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis with retrograde intramedullary compression nail fixation for salvage of failed total ankle replacement: A systematic review, Management of the failed AgilityTM ankle replacement, Management of the failed INBONETM ankle replacement, and Outcomes following cyst curettage and bone grafting for the management of peri-prosthetic cystic changes after AESTM Total Ankle Replacement.

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.

Secondary procedures in total ankle replacement will include the following articles: Incidence of complications during initial experience with primary total ankle replacement prostheses: A systematic review, Secondary procedures in total ankle replacement based on registry data analysis, Arthroscopic débridement for treatment of post-operative stiffness and soft-tissue impingement following total ankle replacement, Painful osteophytes, ectopic bone and pain in the malleolar gutters following total ankle replacement: Management strategies, Use of tendon procedures for managing varus and valgus mal-alignment with total ankle replacement, and many more!

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.

This issue of Clinics in Podiatic Medicine and Surgery, guest edited by Dr. Patrick DeHeer, focuses on Pediatric Foot Deformities. Topics included are: Lower extremity pediatric history and physical examination, Pediatric flatfoot deformity, Vertical talus, The in-toeing child, The Ponseti method for clubfoot, The neglected, under corrected and overcorrected clubfoot, and Pediatric metatarsal deformities.

This issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery focuses on Forefoot Surgery advances. Guest edited by Dr. Charles Zelen, article topics include: Digital surgery and alternative fixation methods, Absorbable fixation in forefoot surgery, Alternative methods in fixation for capital osteotomies in hallux valgus surgery, Base wedge osteotomies in hallux valgus correction: Are anatomical plates the answer?, First metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) Arthrodesis; What’s the best fixation option?, Implants versus first MTPJ arthroplasty techniques, New Techniques and alternative fixation for the Lapidus Arthrodesis, and Advances in the operative treatment of forefoot trauma.