Alan A. MacGill, DPM, FACFAS

Feature

Point-Counterpoint: Plantar Heel Pain: Are Orthotics And Stretching More Effective Than Injections?

11/11/2019

Point Noting that corticosteroid injections have the risk of plantar fascia rupture and do not address the degenerative nature of plantar fasciopathy, this author says stretching and orthotics help remedy

Point Noting that...

11/11/2019

Podiatry Today

Sports Medicine

How To Diagnose And Treat Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome

06/01/2009

Robert J. Duggan , DPM, FACFAS;

Scott P. Goldstein , DPM;

Alan A. MacGill , DPM, FACFAS;

Christopher L. Reeves , DPM, FACFAS;

Evaluating and treating exercise-induced lower leg pain can be a difficult task for the foot and ankle physician. Chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) is commonly misdiagnosed and often patients go though an exhaustive trial of...

Evaluating and treating...

06/01/2009

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Diabetes Watch

Can The Fibula-Pro-Tibia Technique Have An Impact For Diabetic Ankle Fractures?

09/30/2008

Amber M. Shane , DPM, FACFAS;

Alan A. MacGill , DPM, FACFAS;

Christopher L. Reeves , DPM, FACFAS;

Joseph A. Conte , DPM;

John S. Steinberg , DPM, FACFAS;

Ankle fractures in patients with diabetes present a great challenge for the foot and ankle surgeon. Indeed, there is an abundance of literature documenting the difficulty of managing diabetic ankle fractures. Surgical treatment can be fraught...

Ankle fractures in patients with...

09/30/2008

Podiatry Today

Residency Corner

Defining Expectations During Each Year Of Residency Training

01/29/2021

Michael Piccarelli , DPM, FACFAS;

David Bernstein , DPM, FACFAS;

Alan A. MacGill , DPM, FACFAS;

Seasoned residency directors discuss time management challenges and essential communication skills for first-year residents, a shift toward elective reconstruction and trauma procedures in the second year, and the progression of technical...

Seasoned residency directors...

01/29/2021

Podiatry Today

Road Rash in the Pediatric Patient: the Advantages of Mono- and Bilayer Bovine Collagen Glycosaminoglycan Matrices

Purpose: We present a case of extensive lower extremity road rash and a distal fibular fracture in a 13-year-old female secondary to a golf cart injury.  

Eric P. Krznaric ;

Jason C. Spector ;

Natalia Cardona ;

Alan A. MacGill , DPM, FACFAS;

08/13/2019

Finish the Job: the Use of Amniotic and Other Tissue Technologies in the Operating Room and Clinic When Limb Salvage Complications Arise

Background: We present a challenging case in a 56-year-old male with a history of diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis with nonhealing fo...

Alan A. MacGill , DPM, FACFAS;

Eric P. Krznaric ;

Jason C. Spector ;

Kristopher Jerry ;

08/13/2019