Böhler angle
Böhler angle: radiographic measurement, normal values, clinical use, limitations and the original 1929 description by Lorenz Böhler.
Tag Foot injury
Freiberg infraction
Freiberg infraction is osteochondrosis of a lesser metatarsal head, usually the second. Review presentation, imaging, treatment, history and eponymythology.
Köhler disease
Köhler disease is a self-limiting osteochondrosis of the tarsal navicular in children. Definition, imaging, management, prognosis, history and eponymythology.
Albert Henry Freiberg
Albert Henry Freiberg (1868-1940), American orthopaedic surgeon who described Freiberg infraction and helped advance orthopaedics and disability rehabilitation.
Gissane angle
Gissane angle. Measurement on lateral calcaneal radiographs, normal values, clinical use, limitations and historical development.
Eponymous ankle and talus injuries
Eponymythology associated with signs, symptoms, investigation and management of ankle and talus injuries, fractures and conditions.
Eponymous foot injuries
Eponymythology associated with signs, symptoms, investigation and management of foot injuries. Review of related eponyms; the person behind the name; their relevance today; and modern terminology
Konrad Weiss
Konrad Weiss (1891 - 1976) was an Austrian radiologist. Early descriptions of Müller-Weiss syndrome, the dissecting aortic aneurysm, and gastric torsion
Robert Jones
Sir Robert Jones (1857-1933) was a Welsh General and Orthopaedic Surgeon and part time Roentgenologist. Eponym: Jones fracture (1902)
ICE 009: Foot trauma
A 29 year old man stumbled into a gutter, tripped awkwardly and fell injuring his left foot. He has diffuse swelling and tenderness of the mid foot and is unable to weight bear on that limb.