[Ankle and foot sprains: conventional radiography aspects].

Emergency departments frequently encounter pathology resulting from injury to the foot and ankle, with approximately 6000 case per day in France. In an ankle sprain, 85% of the lesions involve the lateral collateral ligament. Many other, much rarer, types of lesion with different therapeutic consequences can present, however.

Longitudinal femoral shaft due to bone insufficiency. A review of three cases.

We report three new cases of longitudinal femoral shaft fracture due to bone insufficiency and review the eight cases reported in the literature. The typical patient is a woman older than 65 years of age who present with mechanical pain in the thigh and/or groin. Palpation of the thigh may reproduce the pain.

Degenerative lesions of the plantar fascia: surgical treatment by fasciectomy and excision of the heel spur. A report on 38 cases.

The authors studied 38 cases of degenerative lesions of the plantar fascia which were treated surgically between 1989 and 1999. MRI showed chronic fasciitis in eight cases and an old rupture of the plantar fascia in 30 cases. Surgical treatment, which was performed in all cases after failure of conservative treatment of several months duration, combined excision of the fascia with resection of the heel spur.

[Ankle instability with involvement of the subtalar joint demonstrated by MRI. Results with the Castaing procedure in 45 cases].

The authors report 46 cases of instability of the hindfoot involving the subtalar joint, with or without combined involvement of the tibiotalar ligaments, which were treated using Castaing's technique of ligament plasty between 1988 and 1999. Preoperatively, the patients complained of instability, recurrent sprains and pain. A tarsal sinus syndrome was present in 39%.

[Complete transverse fractures of the talus: value of magnetic resonance imaging for detection of avascular necrosis].

The authors report a series of 32 complete transverse fractures of the neck or body of the talus. The fractures occurred mostly in young males, as a result of motor vehicle accidents. The fracture line was transverse in the neck or body of the talus in 20 cases, sagittal in four and comminuted in eight cases.

[Comparison between scintigraphy, B-mode, and power Doppler sonography in acute pyelonephritis in children].

Purpose: Comparing Power Doppler imaging versus technetium-dimercapto-succinic-acid (Tc-DMSA) scintigraphy in acute pyelonephritis of childhood.

Inclusion Criteria: First episode of urinary tract infection, clinical and biological findings suggesting an upper lesion, absence of urological malformation or obstruction, absence of reflux (or vesico-ureteral reflux inferior to grade 3). Number of patients: 49, length of the study: 26 months (from November 95 to January 98).

[Aponeurotomy and degenerative lesions of the plantar aponeurosis. Contribution of magnetic imaging].

Purpose Of The Study: Talalgia are frequent. Their etiologies are various and diagnosis is sometimes difficult.

Material: From 1980 to 1993, 12 cases of degenerative lesions of plantar aponeurosis were treated surgically.