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This is an up-to-date and comprehensive textbook on imaging of the foot and ankle. In the first part of the book, the various techniques and procedures employed when imaging the foot and ankle are discussed in detail. Individual chapters are devoted to radiography, arthrography and tenography, computed tomography and CT arthrography, magnetic resonance imaging and MR arthrography, ultrasonography and intra-articular injections. The second part of the book documents the application of these techniques to diverse clinical problems and diseases, including congenital and developmental disorders, trauma, tendon and ligament pathology, compressive neuropathies, infection, the diabetic foot, arthritis, metabolic bone disease, osteonecrosis and osteochondritis, and tumours and tumour-like lesions. Each chapter is written by an acknowledged expert, and a wealth of illustrative material is included. This book will be of great value to musculoskeletal and general radiologists an d orthopedic surgeons.
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From the contents:
IMAGING TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES: Radiography; Arthrography and Tenography; Computed Tomography (CT) and CT Arthrogra- phy; MRI; MR Arthrography of the Ankle; Imaging of the Ankle; Ultrasound; Intra-articular Injections of the Ankle and Foot.
CLINICAL PROBLEMS: Congenital and Developmental Disorders; Bone Trauma; Tendon Pathology; Ligament Pathology; Compressive Neuropathies and Plantar Fascial Lesions; Infection; The Diabetic Foot; Arthritis; Metabolic Bone Disease; Osteonecrosis and Osteochondritis; Acquired Deformities of the Foot and Ankle; Sesamoid Pathology; Tumours and Tumour-Like Lesions; Orthopaedic Hardware; Sequelae of Torture; Subject Index; List of Contributors.
