Publications by authors named "Wesley P Bevan"
Background: The rate of Achilles tendon ruptures is increasing, but there is a lack of consensus on treatment of acute injuries. The purpose of this trial was to compare outcomes of weight-bearing casts with those of traditional casts in the treatment of acute Achilles tendon ruptures.
Methods: Eighty-four patients with an acute Achilles tendon rupture were recruited over a two-year period.
Talocalcaneal tarsal coalitions and the calcaneal lengthening osteotomy: the role of deformity correction.
J Bone Joint Surg Am
September 2012
Background: Surgical resection of persistently painful talocalcaneal tarsal coalitions may not reliably relieve symptoms in patients with large coalitions associated with excessive hindfoot valgus deformity and subtalar posterior facet narrowing. Since 1991, calcaneal lengthening osteotomy, with or without coalition resection, has been used at our institution to relieve symptoms and to preserve motion at the talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records for eight patients with thirteen painful talocalcaneal tarsal coalitions who had undergone a calcaneal lengthening osteotomy for deformity correction with or without coalition resection between 1991 and 2005.
Background: Plantar midfoot ulceration in diabetic patients with midfoot Charcot neuroarthropathy is a risk factor for infection that can require amputation. The aim of this study was to determine a simple radiographic predictor of the individual risk of subsequent ulcer formation in this group of patients.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of all patients seen at our institution between January 1998 and July 2004 with diabetic Charcot neuroarthropathy was performed.