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Lights, Camera, Action…Playing Your Role as a Doctor

Every single patient encounter we engage in is a performance where we play a role. So often, the difference between patient compliance or not is how well you play the role. In this blog, Jarrod Shapiro, DPM examines this aspect of podiatry practice.

Jarrod Shapiro, DPM Practice Perfect, January 14, 2020

Residency Insight
Fulfillment of Expectations After Foot and Ankle Surgery – A Review

Expecting the unexpected? This review covers a novel parameter for evaluating patient expectations before and after foot and ankle surgery. Patient satisfaction was examined in a new use of data, which may help improve pre-operative patient counseling.

Brittany Mammano, DPM Residency Insight, January 13, 2020

A Comparison of Bone Union and Complication Rates Between Locking and Non-locking Plates in Distal Fibular Fracture: Retrospective Study of 106 Cases

Although locking plates provide greater stability, they do have an added cost. This study looks into whether locking plates are really necessary by comparing bony union with non-locking plates.

Pedro Aldape, DPM Residency Insight, January 10, 2020

First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Space Area Decreases Within 1 Month After Implantation of a Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogel Implant: A Retrospective Radiographic Case Series

One of the newer products for Hallux limitus/rigidus is the Polyvinyl Alcohol hydrogel implant. There is limited literature on outcomes for this product. This study examines the radiographic changes in the joint space after use of this implant.

Pedro Aldape, DPM Residency Insight, January 10, 2020