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Introduction to Foot and Ankle Surgery
Foot and ankle surgeons do their best to keep us walking, running, and moving around with ease. The foot and ankle are interconnected with other...

Finding a Foot and Ankle Surgeon
Foot and ankle surgeries are not quite like every other type of orthopedic surgery. What you really want is not a generalized orthopedic surgeon...

What to Expect on the Day of Surgery
Surgery can be somewhat frightening even for the bravest among us. You are only partially clothed, everywhere you look people are dressed in masks...

A Primer on Robotic Surgery
When people first hear the term robotic surgery it is hard not to imagine a robot plucked straight from a science fiction movie standing over a patient...

Understanding the Risks of Surgery
Many modern surgical procedures are both routine and safe but, it is important to remember that there is a certain amount of risk in every surgical...

Calculating the Risks and Benefits of Surgery
Before every surgical procedure, surgeons will determine a risk/benefit ratio either informally or as part of a patient workup. If the ratio is too...

Recovering from Surgery – What to Expect
Surgery recovery is the sequence of steps that occurs from the point at which you awake from anesthesia to the point at which you are fully healed...

Surgery Demographics – Security and Confidentiality
Surgery demographics are the statistics compiled about the age, gender, race and other characteristics of those undergoing surgery. Essentially surgery...

Surgery Recovery Period
The period after your surgery, called the recovery period, is a very important part of your overall surgical experience. The ease with which you...

Varicose Vein Removal
Many of us have them and, if we do not, many will get them one day: varicose veins. Varicose veins are the term given to veins that have lost their...

Spider Vein Treatments
Spider veins are the name given to a collection of dark red or purple veins that appear near the surface of the skin, vaguely resembling spiders....

Arthrodesis - Orthopedic Surgical Procedure
Arthrodesis is an orthopedic surgical procedure in which a joint is surgically fused together. An arthrodesis procedure is performed on patients that...

Treating the Ankle - Broström Surgery Information
Broström surgery is a surgical procedure that was first introduced in the 1960s. The Broström surgery is performed to stabilize the ankle...