Foot and Ankle Surgery

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Published 8 times per year. Covers reconstructive foot and ankle surgery, minimally invasive foot surgery (MIFS), arthroscopy, hindfoot osteotomies, and diabetic limb salvage. Student Rationale: Provides clear insights into percutaneous and minimally invasive corrective techniques, osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLTs), and complex post-traumatic hindfoot reconstruction.

• Letter to the editor to comment on “Prophylactic forefoot decompression prevents acute compartment syndrome of the foot following elective surgery in children”

  Publication date: October 2026

  Source: Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 32, Issue 7

  Author(s): Xing Zheng, Manli Ge, Qifen Zhang

• Response to Letter to the editor to comment on “Is arthroscopically-assisted reduction and internal fixation (ARIF) superior to percutaneous fixation in talar neck fractures? A proportional meta-analysis”

  Publication date: October 2026

  Source: Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 32, Issue 7

  Author(s): Antonio Izzo, Claudia Carbone, Vincenzo de Matteo, Michela Saracco, Sara Rosito, Berardino Petrocelli, Luigi Mastrogiacomo, Paolo Magliulo, Alessio Bernasconi

• Letter to the editor to comment on “Is arthroscopically-assisted reduction and internal fixation (ARIF) superior to percutaneous fixation in talar neck fractures? A proportional meta-analysis”

  Publication date: October 2026

  Source: Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 32, Issue 7

  Author(s): Etika Rana, Sanam Maurya

• Letter to the editor to comment on “The effect of preoperative osteoporosis on postoperative outcomes following total ankle arthroplasty”

  Publication date: October 2026

  Source: Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 32, Issue 7

  Author(s): Yilu Bao, Jiezhen Peng

• Letter to the editor to comment on “Functional outcomes and return to sport following surgical management of posterior malleolar fractures: A retrospective cohort study”

  Publication date: October 2026

  Source: Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 32, Issue 7

  Author(s): Wei Pan, Sanli Cao, Haixiao Li, Shuhua Sun, Pengrui Wang, Yuqing Zhen, Jiangbin Liang, Shaohui Shi

• Early radiographic loss of intermetatarsal angle correction after single first TMT arthrodesis (Modified Lapidus) versus three-corner TMT arthrodesis

  Publication date: October 2026

  Source: Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 32, Issue 7

  Author(s): Antoine Acker, T.Z. Tunku Naziha, Laura Peurière, Filippo Pierobon, Victor Dubois-Ferrière, Nils Reymond, Mathieu Assal

• Which radiographic plane should be used to quantify the distal tibia angle on weightbearing CT images?

  Publication date: October 2026

  Source: Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 32, Issue 7

  Author(s): Jules Rasschaert, Pedro Drummond, Cédric Bonte, Wolfram Grün, Enrico Pozzessere, François Lintz, Cesar de Cesar Netto, Arne Burssens

• Non-tobacco nicotine dependence and postoperative complications after total ankle arthroplasty: A propensity-matched cohort study

  Publication date: October 2026

  Source: Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 32, Issue 7

  Author(s): Joseph A.S. McCahon, Shannon Fehr, Grant M. Thomas, Joseph N. Daniel, David I. Pedowitz, Selene G. Parekh

• Iatrogenic risk and anatomical variability of the posterior tibial nerve bifurcation relative to the Dellon–McKinnon line: Assessing safety in medial ankle procedures

  Publication date: October 2026

  Source: Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 32, Issue 7

  Author(s): Shivam Thaker, Krishna Prasad, Chandni Gupta, Rahul Shekhar, Suriti Pathak, Nashra Khan, Mayank Jha, Simki Mehta, Souhardya Das

• Wedge tarsectomy using patient specific instrumentation for complex multiplanar foot deformity Reconstruction: A prospective case series

  Publication date: October 2026

  Source: Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 32, Issue 7

  Author(s): Yahya Ibrahim, Panagiotis Poulious, Shelain Patel, Nick Cullen, Matthew Welck, Karan Malhotra