Ankle and Foot Conditions

A. Douglas Spitalny, DPM

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This website will outline some of the more common but least understood conditions.

This site will include both diagnostic and surgical options for these conditions. This site is meant to be a resource for both patients and providers.

Ankleandfoot2 will have additional information on additional conditions. Check out our other sites.

Majority of the conditions featured within this website require specific imaging modalities.

Imaging modalities:
- Xrays
- Stress xrays
- CT-SCAN
- MRI

Each of the conditions has very specific surgical options which under the right conditions and the right circumstances can be very successful.

With all conditions, surgical treatment should not be considered until conservative modalities have failed.

Pain and disability must be the primary indications for surgery.

Ankleandfoot #2 covers the following topics:

- Bone Tumors
- Clubfoot
- Clubfoot - Adult
- DJD
- Foreign Body
- Ganglionic Cyst
- Osteochondroses
- Pes Cavus
- Pes Planus
- Polydactly
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Soft Tissue Mass
- Stress Fractures
- Tarsal Coalitions
- Ulcers