PART 1: ANKLE ARTHRODESIS AND GAIT STUDIES
Moderators: Michæl Stephens and James Sammarco

• Gait Analysis and Functional Outcomes of Isolated Ankle Arthrodesis – Daniels
• Gait Before and After Total Ankle Arthroplasty with a Comparison to Arthrodesis – Miller
• Reconstructive Surgery in Sequelæ of Ankle Fractures – Giannini
• Anterior Tension Device for Ankle Arthrodesis – Fadel
• Anterior Tension Band Plate for Ankle or Pan-Talar Arthrodesis – Zell
• Hindfoot Arthrodesis with Vascularized Fibular Graft – Fujii

PART 2: OSTEOCHONDRAL INJURIES
Moderators: Eric Anderson and E. Greer Richardson

• Selection of surgical treatment for osteochondral lesion of talus – Miyanaga
• Arthroscopic Treatment of Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus – Robinson
• Treatment of Talar Osteochondral Lesions Using Local Osteochondral Graft – Sammarco
• Computerized Matching of Autologous Grafts for the Treatment of Medial Talar OCD Lesions by Osteochondral Transplantation – Shute
• Is the Fragment of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Talus Reusable? – Yasumura

10:35am - 12:20pm
SESSION 2 – HINDFOOT PROBLEMS
　

PART 1: HINDFOOT ARTHRODESIS
Moderators: Suguru Inokuchi and Pierce Scranton

• Arthroscopic Subtalar Arthrodesis – Gurbani
• Influence of Screw Type on Obtained Contact Area and Contact Force in a Cadaveric Subtalar Arthrodesis Model – Hintermann
• Percutaneous Placement of 7.3-mm Cannulated Screw for Hindfoot Fusions: A Cadaveric Dissection – Sexton
• Isolated Talonavicular Arthrodesis for Talonavicular Arthritis – Cheng
• Triple Arthrodesis – 6 Years Clinical Follow-Up – Huang
• Triple Arthrodesis in the Neurologically Normal Adult – A Minimum Ten-Year Follow-up Study – Smith
• Use of Bone Graft Substitutes in Ankle/Hindfoot Fusion – Thordarson
• Clinical Results Harvesting Autogenous Cancellous Graft from the Ipsilateral Proximal Tibia for Use in Foot and Ankle Surgery – Early

PART 2: TARSAL TUNNEL
Moderators: (TBA) and Glenn Pfeffer

• The postoperative Follow-up of Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome – Shimamura
• Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Associated with an Accessory Muscle – Kinoshita
• Synovial Sarcoma: an Unusual Presentation as Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome – Prata

• What is the Rationale and Technique for Hindfoot Osteotomy and Tendon Transfer? – Saxby
• What is the Specific Role for Lateral Column Lengthening? – Hintermann
• How and Why do I Treat the Torn Spring Ligament and Deltoid? – Easley
• Is the Triple Arthrodesis a Reliable Operation for Stage III Deformity? – Ripstein
• Are there Indications for Subtalar Arthrodesis in the Adult Acquired Flatfoot? – Giannini
• How to Salvage the Stage IV Deformity and Hindfoot Malunion – Myerson

PART 1

• The Lapidus Procedure as Salvage for Failed Bunion Surgeries: A Prospective Cohort Study – Resig
• Hallux Varus – Transfer of the EDL of the Second Toe: A New Concept – Diebold
• First Ray Mobility and Related Factors Following Corrective Hallux Valgus Surgery in Men – Shurnas
• Varus Stress Radiography of the First Metatarsophalangeal Joint for Decision-Making of Hallux Valgus Surgery – Tanaka
• Scarf-Akin Osteotomy Combined with Modified McBride Procedure: A Retrospective Study of 91 Cases – Brice

PART 2

• Hallux Valgus – Surgical Treatment of Proximal First Metatarsal Opening Wedge Osteotomy: A Late Follow-up – Salomao
• How to Secure the First Metatarsophalangeal and Lisfranc Joint Fusion – Barouk
• Complications of the Scarf Procedure – Kundert
• Surgical Procedure for Hallux Valgus Accompanied by Flatfoot Deformity – Yamamoto

PART 1: DISTAL PROCEDURES AND RELATED CONCEPTS

• Biplanar Chevron Osteotomy Nery
• Hallux Valgus – Osteotomy in Distal Chevron with Capsuloplasty Through Harpoon – Ortiz
• Linear Distal Metatarsal Osteotomy (LDMO) in Hallux Valgus Surgery – Giannini
• Clinical results of modified Mitchell's procedure for hallux valgus – Yamamoto
• The Recognition of Associated Deformities with Hallux Valgus – Toolan
• Forefoot Block versus Ankle Block: A Prospective Randomized Trial – Smoot

PART 2: OTHER FOREFOOT PROBLEMS

• Soft-Tissue Release for Hammertoes – Bénichou
• Operative Repair of Fourth and Fifth Toe Corns – Kennedy
• Corrective Treatments of Pincer Nail Deformity with Super Elastic Wire – Machida

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2002

• The Structure of the Anterior Talofibular Ligament of the Ankle: Histological and Immunohistochemical Study – Kumai
• Diagnosing the Condition of Injured Ligaments Using Stess X-Rays for Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability – Hashimoto
• Diagnosis and Treatment for Tibiofibular Syndesmosis Disruption – Takao
• Ankle Arthroscopy for Anterolateral Corner Impingement – Marks
• Nerve Injuries and Pain Syndromes After Ankle Sprain – Melamed
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Tibiofibular Syndesmosis Injury – Oæ
• Arthroscopic treatment for chronic ankle instability – Alloza
• Anterolateral Impingement of the Ankle – Magalhæs
• Reconstruction of the Lateral Ankle Ligaments in Patients with Long-Standing Ankle Instability Using Bone-Patellartendon Graft: A Preliminary Report – Sugimoto

PART 1: FLATFOOT
Moderators: Hans Kuester and Lamar Fleming

• A Biomechanical Study of the Effect of the Subtalar Arthroereisis on the Adult Flexible Flatfoot – Arangio
• Effect of Triceps Suræ Contracture Force on Plantar Foot Pressure Distribution – Aronow
• The Relevance of Functional Assessment of Flexible Flatfoot – Benedetti
• Evaluation of the Longitudinal Arch of the Foot in Os Tibiale Externum in the Non-Symptomatic Athlete – Komeda

PART 2: FLATFOOT
Moderators: Hans Kuester and Lamar Fleming

• Subtalar Implant for Correction of Flatfoot – Berglund
• Further on the "T" – Osteotomy of the Calcaneum – Pandey
• Technique of Endoscopic Gastrocnemius Recession – Trevino

PART 3: CONGENITAL DEFORMITIES
Osny Salomao and Lowell Lutter

• Correction of Neglected and Recurrent Clubfoot Using the Ilizarov External Fixator – Ferreira
• The Pathological Anatomy of the Talus in Clubfeet – Fernandes
• The C-sign of Talocalcaneal Coalition. Is It Useful for Diagnosis? – Taniguchi
• Correction of Foot Length Discrepancies through Tarsal Osteotomies and Progressive Foot Lengthening – Ferreira

PART 1: DIABETES

• To Investigate the Biomechanical Properties of Plantar Soft Tissues in Diabetic Patients Using an Ultrasound Indentation – Chan
• Assessment of Foot Fungus Infection in Diabetic Patients – Batista
• Plantar Pressures in a Modified Total Contact Cast versus a Diabetic Walking Boot – Brodsky
• Epidemiology of Foot Deformities and Foot Ulcers in Diabetic Patients – Batista
• Cutaneous Thermal Sensitivity Assessment in Diabetic Patients – Martins
• Outcome and Recurrence Rate of Diabetic Foot Ulcers Treated by a Total Contact Cast: Short-Term Follow-up – Matricali
• The Effect of Ankle Position on Plantar Pressure in a Short-Leg Walking Boot – Brodsky

PART 2: AMPUTATION AND SOFT-TISSUE RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY

• Improved Soft-Tissue Reconstruction of the Foot and Ankle with Perforator Flaps – Duffy, Jr.
• Heel Pad Migration: Comparison of Symes versus Boyd Amputations – Madsen
• Fibular Segment Bone Bridging in Transtibial Amputation – Guedes de S. Pinto

• Introduction, Grading, Defining Problems, Measuring MPE, Hypermobility, etc. – Shurnas
• Cheilectomy: A 10-year follow-up – Mann
• Cheilectomy with Phalangeal Osteotomy – Smith
• Treatment of Grade 1 and 2 Hallux Rigidus with Modified Waterman Osteotomy – Kofoed
• Capsular Interposition Arthroplasty for Severe Hallux Rigidus – Hamilton
• Keller Arthroplasty for Severe Hallux Rigidus – Park
• Dissolving MTP Joint Implant – Giannini
• MTP Fusion for Severe Hallux Rigidus – Stephens

• Summary of Nonoperative versus Operative Treatment – Thordarson
• Minimally Invasive Treatment – Carr
• Management of Open Calcaneal Fractures – Lawrence
• Technique of Open Treatment of Calcaneal Fractures – Early
• Delayed Reconstruction of Malunited Calcaneal Fractures with Distraction
• Arthrodesis and Osteotomies – Brage
• Results of Open Treatment of Calcaneal Fractures – Benirschke

PART 1: ACHILLES INJURIES AND RELATED CONCEPTS

• The Non-Operative Treatment of Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures – Josey
• Achilles Tendon Rupture – Brazilian Survey – Nery
• Acute Rupture of the Achilles Tendon: Therapeutic Procedures – Fiks
• Posterior Ankle Impingement and Anomalous Muscles – Sullivan
• PDGFBB Protects Human Tenocytes from the Deleterious Effect of Dexamethasone – Wong

PART 2: OTHER TENDON INJURIES AND RELATED CONCEPTS

• Bioabsorbable Screws for Tendon Fixation in the Foot and Ankle – Clanton
• Mechanical Testing of Ethibond and Panacryl: A Comparison of Forces Required to Induce Suture Knot Failure – Bibbo
• Pullout Characteristics for Suture Anchors – Scranton, Jr
• Pathology of Pain in the Posterior Aspect of the Ankle in Ballet Dancers – Haraishi

PART 1: HALLUS METATARSOPHALANGEAL ARTHRODESIS AND RELATED CONCEPTS

• Effectiveness of the Acumed Congruent Fusion Plate in the Treatment of Symptomatic Hallux Valgus and First Metatarsophalangeal Arthritis – Schmidt
• Functional Outcome of Arthrodesis of the First Metatarsophalangeal Joint – Brodsky
• Medium-Term Prospective Outcome Analysis of First Metatarsophalangeal Arthrodesis – Coetzee
• Vertical Alignment of the Metatarsal Heads in Plantigrade Foot – Wang

PART 2: METATARSALGIA AND INTERMETATARSAL NEUROMA

• Summary: The Effects of High Heeled Shoes on Pedal Pressure in Normal Women – Ressio
• Radiographic Evaluation of the Rheumatic Foot – Mizusaki
• Changes in the Radiographic Parameters of the Forefoot with Heel Elevation – Lee
• Single Incision, Double Release of Adjacent Irritated Intermetatarsal Nerves with Single Nerve Excision – Hort
• Postoperative Pain Control Using an Infusion Pump in Foot and Ankle Surgery – Asumi

PART 1: RETROCALCANEAL PAIN

• 2- to 10-Year Follow-up of Haglunds Deformity Treated by a Wedge Osteotomy – Anderson
• Endoscopic Decompression for Retrocalcaneal Disorders – Sella
• Surgical Treatment of Chronic Calcific Insertional Achilles Tendonitis with Calcaneal Exostectomy and Coronal Place Tendo Achilles Lengthening – Richardson
• Insertional Tendonitis of the Tendo Achilles – Gould

PART 2: SUBCALCANEAL PAIN AND FOOT LESIONS CAUSED BY TUBERCULOSIS

• Shockwave Application for Chronic Plantar Fasciitis in Running Athletes – A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial – Rompe
• Endoscopic Plantar Fascia Release – Case Series – Slater
• Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Plantar Fasciitis – Peled
• Presentation of Tuberculosis as an Osteolytic Lesion in the Foot – Dhillon
• Bone Tumors: Imagery with Histological Correlation – Benamou

PART 1: PERONEAL TENDON INJURIES

• Staged Reconstruction for Chronic Rupture of Both Peroneal Tendons Using Hunter Rod and Flexor Hallucis Longus (FHL): Long-Term Follow-up – Wapner
• Tear of the Peroneal Tendons: Our Experience – Schwartz
• Computed Tomographic Evaluation of the Recurrent Peroneal Tendon – Nakajima

PART 2: POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON INJURIES

• Preliminary Gait Analysis Results after Posterior Tibial Tendon Reconstruction: A Prospective Study – Zubak
• Recovery of the Posterior Tibial Muscle after Late Reconstruction Followingv Tendon Rupture – Valderrabano
• Surgical Treatment of Acquired Flatfoot Deformity Among American Academic Foot and Ankle Surgeons – Pinney
• Study of the Vascular Density of the Posterior Tibial Tendon in Cadavers – Prado
• Outcome of Surgical Decompression in Stage I Tibialis Posterior Tendon Dysfunction – Sharma
• The Third Ligament in the Spring Ligament Fibrocartilage Complex – Taniguchi

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2002

8:00am - 10:05am
Session 12 – HALLUX RIGIDUS AND MAJOR INJURIES TO THE FOOT
Moderators: Tim Daniels and (TBA)

PART 1: HALLUX RIGIDUS

• The Use of the Bioaction Implant in Hallus Rigidus – Schmidt
• Great Toe Arthroscopy: Indications and Results – Kilbride
• Treatment of Grade 2 and 3 Osteoarthritis of the First MTP Joint with an Uncemented Meniscal-bearing Total Joint Replacement: Preliminary Results – Kofoed
• The Watermann Green Procedure in Hallus Rigidus – Schmidt

PART 2: CALCANEAL FRACTURES

• Pseudo Os Trigonum Sign: Missed Posteromedial Talar Facet Fracture Leads to Poor Clinical Results – Giuffrida
• Surgical Treatment of Displaced Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures – Giannini
• The Anterolateral Calcaneal Plate: A New Fixation Pattern for ORIF of Comminuted Intra-articular Calcaneal Fractures Using an Updated Combined Medial and Lateral Approach and New Anterolateral Calcaneal Plate – Romash
• Open Fractures of the Calcaneum – Livingstone
• Percutaneous Balloon Reduction of Calcaneal Fractures – Reiley

PART 3: OTHER FRACTURES

• Medial Column Fusion for Fragmented Avascular Necrosis and Severely Comminuted Fractures of the Tarsal Navicular – Bezwada
• Navicular Dislocation is Similar to Perilunate Dislocation – Dhillon
• Subtle Lesions of the Intercuneiform and Tarsometatarsal Joints Treated by Neoligament Plasty – Alloza
• Stabilization of Lisfranc Joint Injuries: A Biomechanical Study – Lee

10:25am - 12:20pm
SESSION 13 – ANKLE FRACTURES
Moderators: Haruyasu Yamamoto and Robert Adelaar

PART 1: MALLEOLAR FRACTURES

• Functional Outcome of the Foot and Ankle Following Free Fibula Graft Harvest – Thomas
• Acute Fibular Malleolar Fracture:Plates versus Minimally Invasive Screws – Basile
• Additional Soft Tissue Injury in Ankle Fracture On MRI – Chu
• Arthroscopic Assessment of Occult Intraarticular Injury in Acute Ankle Fractures – Ferkel
• CT Evaluation of the External Rotation Malalignment of the Distal Fibular – Fragment
• Following PLR/SLR Ankle Fractures – Tang
• The Issue of DVT Prophylaxis in Foot and Ankle Trauma Patients Wolf
• The Evaluation of Clinical and Radiographic Prognostic Factors for the Surgically Treated Unstable Ankle Fractures – Jung

PART 2: TIBIAL PILON FRACTURES AND FRACTURES OF THE TALUS

• Pathoanatomy of the Distal Tibial Pilon Fracture – Topliss
• Fibula-Pro-Tibia: Treatment of Peri-Plafond Tibial Fractures – DeOrio
• Long Follow-up of Fracture of the Talus – Inokuchi
• Identification of Potential Donor Rotational Bone Grafts Using Vascular Territories in the Foot and Ankle – Nunley
• Anatomical Consideration of Vascularized Bone Graft Transfer from the Medial Calcaneal to the Talus – Tanaka

• Natural History of Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus – Hintermann
• Debridement, Drilling, and Microfracture of Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus – Ferkel
• Osteochondral Autografting of OLT – Scranton
• Osteochondral Allografting of OLT – Brage
• Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation of OLT – Peterson

• Ankle Arthritis: An Epidemic – Bristol
• Ankle Arthrodesis: Will I Ever Do Another Ankle Fusion Again – Nunley
• Distraction Arthroplasty – van Roermundi
• Reconstructive Surgery in Sequelae of Ankle Fractures – Giannini
• Resection Arthroplasty with Allograft Implantation for End-Stage Arthritis of the Ankle – Bragge
• A New Method of Successfully Revascularizing the Talus with AVN – Yip
• Arthroscopic Debridement, Micro fx Technique – Frey

• Announcement of Poster Awards and Final Remarks – Coughlin

• IFFAS Meeting program outline