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It is said that if you're not having complications you are not operating. Foot and ankle surgery, particularly in patients with diabetes or peripheral vascular disease, can be challenging due to these comorbidities, and subsequent complications of surgery may occur even after perfectly executed procedures. Experts in the field present the approach to Foot and Ankle complications and emphasize prompt diagnosis and early intervention.

PROGRAM

  1.  Welcome & Introduction – Dr. Scott Levin (USA) and Dr. Steven D. Wexner (USA)
  2.  Difficulty in Early Diagnosis / Early Treatment Options – Dr. Daniel Guss (USA)
  3.  Assessing and managing the patient with multifaceted ankle and hindfoot deformity – Dr. Lew Schon (USA)
  4.  Deformity Correction – Dr. Lauren Geaney (USA)
  5.  Surgical Complications – Dr. Casey Humbyrd (USA)
  6.  Wound Complications – Dr. Scott Levin (USA)
  7.  Surgery: Soft Tissue reconstruction for failed Achilles repair demonstrating microvascular surgery options following complications of Gott and ankle surgery – Dr. Scott Levin (USA)
  8.  Discussion – All faculty moderated by Dr. Charles Saltzman (USA)


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Dr. L. Scott Levin Chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Chair, ACS Board of Regents Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Lauren Geaney MD, Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, UConn Health, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute, USA Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Daniel Guss MD, MBA, Director, Foot and; Ankle Fellowship Program, Foot and; Ankle Orthopaedic Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Casey Humbyrd Chief of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics at the University of Pennsylvania, Founder and Director of Program in Surgical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, USA Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Charles Saltzman MD, LS Peery MD Presidential Endowed Professor Department of Orthopaedics, University of Utah, Editor in Chief, Foot and;Ankle International and Foot and;Ankle Orthopaedics, USA Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Lew Schon MD, FAAOS, is Director of Orthopedic Innovation at The Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, USA Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Steven D. Wexner MD, PhD, Editor-in-Chief, Surgery, Past Vice Chair, Board of Regents, American College of Surgeons, Director, Ellen Leifer Shulman and Steven Shulman Digestive Disease Center and Chair, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, USA Colorectal Surgery
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