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Farhan Syed University Hospital of Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW), Coventry, UK

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volumes which can account for various other variables that potentially affect survivorship. They went on to recommend that total ankle arthroplasty only be performed at specialist centres, and surgeons doing those procedures should operate on or assist at

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Xue Ling Chong Centre Assal SA, Foot and Ankle Surgery Centre, La Colline, Geneva, Switzerland

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Lisca Drittenbass Centre Assal SA, Foot and Ankle Surgery Centre, La Colline, Geneva, Switzerland

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Victor Dubois-Ferriere Centre Assal SA, Foot and Ankle Surgery Centre, La Colline, Geneva, Switzerland

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Mathieu Assal Centre Assal SA, Foot and Ankle Surgery Centre, La Colline, Geneva, Switzerland

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surgeons solve this challenging and recurrent issue. We have classified the causes of iatrogenic transfer metatarsalgia based on a multiplanar assessment of the alignment of the operated first ray. According to the type of malalignment, we present a

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Hans-Jörg Trnka Foot and Ankle Centre Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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surgery fashion as the Isham osteotomy. 5 From the beginning of the use of osteotomies for the treatment of hallux valgus deformities, surgeons distinguished between distal, diaphyseal and proximal osteotomies. While the Hohmann, 4 the Wilson

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Halah Kutaish Centre for Surgery of the Foot & Ankle, Hirslanden Clinique La Colline, Switzerland
Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University, Switzerland

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Antoine Acker Centre for Surgery of the Foot & Ankle, Hirslanden Clinique La Colline, Switzerland

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Lisca Drittenbass Centre for Surgery of the Foot & Ankle, Hirslanden Clinique La Colline, Switzerland

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Richard Stern Centre for Surgery of the Foot & Ankle, Hirslanden Clinique La Colline, Switzerland

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Mathieu Assal Centre for Surgery of the Foot & Ankle, Hirslanden Clinique La Colline, Switzerland
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). 7 , 8 Additionally, this technique can be useful for younger surgeons as the results of the surgery are immediately visible and therefore shorten the learning curve. Historically, CAOS was mainly used in spinal and cranial surgery, in which it

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Alessio Bernasconi Orthopaedic and Traumatology Unit, Department of Public Health, “Federico II” Naples University, Naples, Italy

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François Lintz Clinique de l’Union, Saint-Jean, France

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Francesco Sadile Orthopaedic and Traumatology Unit, Department of Public Health, “Federico II” Naples University, Naples, Italy

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satisfactory results in both cases. 24 , 56 , 57 Technically, the surgical approach is commonly the same for all surgeons and is minimally-invasive, through a lateral 1 cm to 4 cm incision just anterior and inferior to the tip of the malleolus, parallel

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Fabian Krause Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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Helen Anwander Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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radiological assessment of the hindfoot alignment, many surgeons advocate the Saltzman hindfoot alignment view; others are content with the detailed clinical examination of the hindfoot and AP radiograph of the ankle. In the majority of cases, an additional MRI

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Lorenz Pisecky Department for Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kepler University Hospital GmbH, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria

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Matthias Luger Department for Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kepler University Hospital GmbH, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria

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Antonio Klasan Department for Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kepler University Hospital GmbH, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria

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Tobias Gotterbarm Department for Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kepler University Hospital GmbH, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria

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Matthias C. Klotz Department for Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kepler University Hospital GmbH, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria

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Rainer Hochgatterer Department for Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kepler University Hospital GmbH, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria

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grown in recent years due to several favourable factors for patients and surgeons, these devices can also give rise to complications that the surgeon should be aware of. These vary from mild inflammation to severe tissue-destructive reactions. The

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James Wee Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, 308433, Singapore

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Gowreeson Thevendran Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, 308433, Singapore

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musculoskeletal injuries; and secondly, to augment the effectiveness of existing orthopaedic implants and surgical techniques. The array of orthobiological products currently available to the foot and ankle surgeon is wide, and includes bone allografts, bone

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Karan Malhotra Foot & Ankle Unit, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, HA7 4LP, UK

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Kinner Davda Foot & Ankle Unit, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, HA7 4LP, UK

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Dishan Singh Foot & Ankle Unit, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, HA7 4LP, UK

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including tenotomies, capsular releases, and osteotomies, and reported a 0.5% infection rate. 65 The main risk of MIS is damage to neurovascular and tendinous structures and therefore surgeons should be specifically trained in these techniques and have

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Nicola Krähenbühl Cantonal Hospital Baselland, Rheinstrasse 26, 4410 Liestal, Switzerland

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Tamara Horn-Lang Cantonal Hospital Baselland, Rheinstrasse 26, 4410 Liestal, Switzerland

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Beat Hintermann Cantonal Hospital Baselland, Rheinstrasse 26, 4410 Liestal, Switzerland

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Markus Knupp Mein Fusszentrum, Eichenstrasse 31, 4054 Basel, Switzerland

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  • Subtalar joint anatomy is complex and can vary significantly between individuals.

  • Movement is affected by several adjacent joints, ligaments and periarticular tendons.

  • The subtalar joint has gained interest from foot and ankle surgeons in recent years, but its importance in hindfoot disorders is still under debate.

  • The purpose of this article is to give a general overview of the anatomy, biomechanics and radiographic assessment of the subtalar joint.

  • The influence of the subtalar joint on the evolution of ankle joint osteoarthritis is additionally discussed.

Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2017;2:309-316. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.2.160050

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