Diagnostic Ultrasound of the Foot and Ankle

A practicing podiatrist since 1997, John Tassone, Jr, DPM is a graduate of the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine and completed his residency at the McGuire VA Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. He serves as an associate professor at Midwestern University and an adjunct professor in the Maricopa Community College system. Dr. Tassone lectures nationally and is board certified in podiatry and lower extremity wound care. Stephen L. Barrett, DPM is board certified in foot and ankle surgery and wound management. He earned his undergraduate degree (cum laude) from the University of Utah and his doctorate (cumlaude) at the William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago. Dr. Barrett completed his residency at the Medical Arts/Danforth Hospital in Houston, followed by a post-doctoral MBA from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He has trained thousands of surgeons throughout the world on techniques he invented and developed.

Contributors vii
Acknowledgment xi
Foreword xiii Levon N. Nazarian
Introduction 1 John Tassone, Jr. Stephen L. Barrett
Section 1 Basics
Chapter 1 Ultrasound Physics and Artifacts 5 John Tassone, Jr.
Chapter 2 Normal Anatomy 17 John Tassone, Jr. Lance Wissman Melanie Violand
Section 2 Pathology
Chapter 3 Diagnostic Ultrasonography of Human Plantar Fascia 47 Stephen L. Barrett
Chapter 4 Achilles Tendon: Functional Anatomy and Novel Emerging Models of Imaging Classification 63 Otto Chan, Angelo Del Buono, Vincenzo Denaro, Nicola Maffulli
Diagnostic Ultrasound of the Foot and Ankle
Chapter 5 Ultrasound of the Peroneal Tendons 77 Donald R. Curtis
Chapter 6 Sonographic Imaging of the Posterior Tibial, Flexor Digitorum Longus, and Flexor Hallucis Longus Tendons 89 Scott A. Schumacher
Chapter 7 Sonography of Anterior Ankle and Dorsal Foot Pathology 119 Adam E. Fleischer, Daniel P. Evans
Chapter 8 Ankle Ligaments 139 Albert V. Armstrong, Jr
Chapter 9 Diagnostic Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Management of Pathology in the Forefoot: Part 1 151 John Tassone, Jr
Chapter 10 Diagnostic Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Management of Pathology in the Forefoot: Part 2 161 Stephen L. Barrett
Chapter 11 Sonographic Analysis of Soft Tissue Masses 169 Stephen L. Barrett
Chapter 12 Diagnostic Ultrasound and Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Diagnosis and Treatment 177 Peter Bregman
Chapter 13 Diagnostic Ultrasonography: Posterior Tibial Tendinopathy 197 Ryan P. Shock
Chapter 14 Using Real-Time Sonoelastography in Ultrasound Diagnostic Imaging of the Achilles Tendon and Heel Region 209 Silvana Giannini, Emanuele Romolo Faloni
Section 3 Appendices and Atlas
Appendix A Common Ultrasound Terminology 229 John Tassone, Jr
Appendix B Proper Documentation 237 John Tassone, Jr
Atlas of Ultrasound Pathology 241
Index 281