Main description:

Reflecting his more than 40 years experience performing bunion surgery, Dr. Gerbert has updated his revered Textbook of Bunion Surgery. Written specifically with the podiatric physician in mind, this fourth edition refines the criteria for specific procedures and includes expanded surgical content featuring sections like:

Preoperative clinical and radiographic criteria
Biomechanical considerations
Operative techniques
Postoperative management
Inherent complications

In addition, new, full-colour images and line figures bring new value and greater detail to the overall content.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Preoperative Evaluation of the Bunion Patient 1 Joshua Gerbert, DPM, FACFAS, and Steven J. Palladino, DPM, FACFAS
Chapter 2 Specific Preoperative Considerations 47 Joshua Gerbert, DPM, FACFAS
Chapter 3 Soft Tissue Bunion Procedures 69 Joshua Gerbert, DPM, FACFAS
Chapter 4 Hallux Osteotomy Procedures 93 Joel R. Clark, DPM, FACFAS
Chapter 5 First Metatarsal Head Osteotomies 111 Joshua Gerbert, DPM, FACFAS
Chapter 6 Metatarsal Shaft, Base, and Cuneiform Osteotomies 153 Joel R. Clark, DPM, FACFAS and Joshua Gerbert, DPM, FACFAS
Chapter 7 Lapidus Arthrodesis Procedure 209 Kevin Jules, DPM, FACFAS
Chapter 8 First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Resectional Arthroplasty 227 William M. Jenkin, DPM, FACFAS
Chapter 9 First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Implants 243 Joshua Gerbert, DPM, FACFAS
Chapter 10 First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Arthrodesis 277 William M. Jenkin, DPM, FACFAS
Chapter 11 Hallux Limitus / Hallux Rigidus 299 Joshua Gerbert, DPM, FACFAS
Chapter 12 Hallux Varus Surgery 341 William M. Jenkin, DPM, FACFAS
Index 363