Heel and toe walking also are tested to evaluate the strength of the tibialis anterior (foot dorsiflexion, L5) and gastrocnemius (foot plantarflexion, S1).

There is joint line depression, metaphyseal bone loss and increased posterior tibial slope. The sagittal split resulted in an anterior fracture fragment involving the tibial tubercle.

Outpatient spine surgery remains an area of growth with the share of spine surgeries in the ASC growing 8% between 2021 and 2024. And for Hardy Sikand, CEO of Indiana Spine Group, some procedures are ...

We retrospectively reviewed the cases of 14 patients who had anterior cervical spine surgery by the retropharyngeal approach between April 1996 and April 1998. The review was conducted in a manner ...

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ChoiceSpine LLC, a privately-held spinal device manufacturer based in Knoxville, TN, announces the launch of an additional lordotic offering for their stand- ...

An increased posterior tibial slope is associated with increased anterior tibial translation, as well as with increased rotatory instability (figure 3). 52 53 In addition, an increased lateral femoral ...

Noncompressible tibial arteries occur frequently in the setting of diabetes or CKD and may result in a falsely elevated ABI of >1.4 even when significant PAD is confirmed by ...

The posterior tibial artery (PTA) and the fibular artery (FA) are branches of the tibial-fibular trunk (TFT), located at the popliteal fossa. The TFT usually describes a trajectory of 1 to 8 cm after ...