Description: The difference between an average surgeon and a master surgeon is often an ability to navigate and resolve surgical complications. Complications in Orthopaedics: Foot and Ankle Surgery provides expert guidance and offers real solutions to improve patient outcomes, for both the trainee and the experienced surgeon. This brand-new volume in the Complications in Orthopaedics series from series editor Dr. Stephen R. Thompson, along with expert surgeons Drs. Amiethab Aiyer, Ettore Vulcano, and Jonathan Kaplan, focuses on how to recognize and avoid errors during foot and ankle surgery, with thorough coverage of preoperative errors, intraoperative issues, and postoperative complications.
- Helps you navigate a wide variety of inevitable difficult situations in foot and ankle surgery, whether errors in judgment, technical mistakes, or unavoidable outcomes
- Covers key topics such as patient safety, informed decision making, improved postoperative care, quality improvement, multidisciplinary collaboration, and more
- Features a full-color design with numerous photographs, radiographs, and illustrations
- Includes video clips to enhance and reinforce the material
- Follows a templated, reader-friendly format throughout
- Includes introductory material on relevant anatomy and necessary background information
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish after the publication date
Brief description: Stephen R. Thompson, MD, MEd, FRCSC is a sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon at Northern Light Orthopedics. He completed his medical school at the University of Sydney, Residency at University of Maryland and Fellowship at the Fowler-Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic in London, Ontario and then his second at the Oakville Sports Injury Clinic in Oakville, Ontario.
Dr. Thompson is a recognized expert in sports medicine. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the widely used and highly respected reference textbook DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. Dr. Thompson has spent a significant time studying medical education and standardized testing. He has applied this knowledge in his role as the Editor-in-Chief of Miller's Review of Orthopaedics.Review Quotes: "...provides a comprehensive review of the known and anticipated complications arising from the treatment of foot and ankle disorders.... As more healthcare practitioners provide foot and ankle services, including surgical management, understanding these complications is paramount to having a successful outcome for all involved. This book does a first-class job of making this a priority.... In terms of a broad audience, this book should be required reading for ALL orthopedic and podiatric residents and fellows.... A well-written and well-illustrated book is essential for the subject matter covered and this book succeeds on both counts. It is clearly laid out in four sections, covering forefoot, midfoot, hindfoot, and ankle.... There is an ebook version... with read aloud, highlighting, flash cards, and customizable layout. The book makes good use of line drawings, tables, clinical images and imaging studies.... [It] makes a very useful contribution to the subspecialty of revision surgery of the foot and ankle." Review by Martin Yorath, DPM (Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science), (c)Doody's Review Service, 2026.