March 2006

March's abstracts were contributed by: Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY and Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY.

Radiography and US of os peroneum fractures and associated peroneal tendon injuries: Initial experience
Summarized by: Adejoke Adediran, DPM

Tarsal Navicular Stress Injury: Long-term Outcome and Clinicoradiological Correlation Using Both Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Summarized by: Joseph Allencherry, DPM

Healing of transmetatarsal amputation in the diabetic patient: Is angiography predictive?
Summarized by: Andrew Glass, DPM

Isolated Medial Column Stabilization Improves Alignment in Adult-acquired Flatfoot
Summarized by: Carter Hyneman

Anatomical Reconstruction of Malunited Talus Fractures
Summarized by: Gavriil Khaimov

Functional Treatment of Acute Metatarsal Fractures: A Prospective Randomised Comparison of Management in a Cast Versus Elasticated Support Bandage
Summarized by: Carissa Sica, DPM

Promoting Primary Healing after Ray Amputations in the Diabetic Foot: The Plantar Dermo-Fat Pad Flap
Summarized by: Yokaira Espiritasanto, DPM

Impact of Ultrasound Imaging on Local Corticosteroid Injections of Symptomatic Ankle, Hind- and Mid-Foot in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
Summarized by: Marina Shvets

Clinical and economic outcomes of oral linezolid versus intravenous vancomycin in the treatment of MRSA-complicated, lower-extremity skin and soft-tissue infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Summarized by: Yong J. Zhu, DPM