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The Foot and Ankle: Acquired Disorders

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Injuries to the pediatric ankle and foot are common and increasing due to the popularity of organized youth sports. Fracture and dislocation patterns vary based on skeletal maturity, position of the ankle and foot at the time of injury, and direction of force. Ankle fractures unique to children, such as triplane and juvenile Tillaux, are addressed initially. Fractures of the foot are then presented based on their position within the hindfoot, midfoot, and forefoot. Discussions of osteochondritis dissecans of the talar dome and the various osteochondroses of the mid- and forefoot follow, and the chapter concludes with a brief review of ankle impingement syndromes.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, 6701 Fannin Street, Suite 470, Houston, TX, 77005, USA

    J. Herman Kan MD

  2. Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    J. Herman Kan MD

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of California Davis, Medical Center and UC Davis Children’s Hospital, Sacramento, California, USA

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  2. Department of Radiology, University of California Davis, Medical Center and UC Davis Children’s Hospital, Sacramento, California, USA

    Sandra L. Wootton-Gorges

  3. Department of Radiology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA

    M.B. Ozonoff

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Kan, J.H. (2015). The Foot and Ankle: Acquired Disorders. In: Stein-Wexler, R., Wootton-Gorges, S., Ozonoff, M. (eds) Pediatric Orthopedic Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45381-6_16

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