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Babak Baravarian, DPM, FACFAS

03/03/2008
The treatment of patients with diabetes and associated complications has been extensively studied. Over the past several decades, the treatment of foot and ankle ailments in patients with diabetes has dramatically shifted from conservative...
The treatment of patients with diabetes and associated complications has been extensively studied. Over the past several decades, the treatment of foot and ankle ailments in patients with diabetes has dramatically shifted from conservative...
The treatment of patients with...
03/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Treatment Dilemmas
03/03/2007
      Hallux limitus, by definition, is a decrease in sagittal plane dorsiflexion of the hallux at the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ) when the foot is in a weightbearing or simulated weightbearing position. With this in mind, let us...
      Hallux limitus, by definition, is a decrease in sagittal plane dorsiflexion of the hallux at the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ) when the foot is in a weightbearing or simulated weightbearing position. With this in mind, let us...
      Hallux limitus, by...
03/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Diagnostic Dilemmas
05/03/2003
There is a great deal of satisfaction when our diabetic foot care team gets referrals for patients who were previously seen by doctors from surrounding regions and other nations. However, there is also a great deal of difficulty with poorly...
There is a great deal of satisfaction when our diabetic foot care team gets referrals for patients who were previously seen by doctors from surrounding regions and other nations. However, there is also a great deal of difficulty with poorly...
There is a great deal of...
05/03/2003
Podiatry Today
Treatment Dilemmas
06/26/2013
One of the most commonly encountered musculoskeletal injuries and possibly the most common injury in sports is the lateral ankle sprain. Current estimates suggest that one out of 10,000 people per day sustains an inversion ankle sprain with...
One of the most commonly encountered musculoskeletal injuries and possibly the most common injury in sports is the lateral ankle sprain. Current estimates suggest that one out of 10,000 people per day sustains an inversion ankle sprain with...
One of the most commonly...
06/26/2013
Podiatry Today
04/03/2007
It would be safe to say that among foot deformities, lesser digital deformities are one of the most common and one of the most complicated problems. The etiology and mechanism of action of the deformities have been well established. In order...
It would be safe to say that among foot deformities, lesser digital deformities are one of the most common and one of the most complicated problems. The etiology and mechanism of action of the deformities have been well established. In order...
It would be safe to say that...
04/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Treatment Dilemmas
01/03/2007
      The correction of flatfoot deformity has been an evolving and somewhat troublesome treatment in the realm of foot and ankle ailments. The treatment has differed in children versus adults and has gained extended popularity as simpler...
      The correction of flatfoot deformity has been an evolving and somewhat troublesome treatment in the realm of foot and ankle ailments. The treatment has differed in children versus adults and has gained extended popularity as simpler...
      The correction of flatfoot...
01/03/2007
Podiatry Today
Diagnostic Dilemmas
07/03/2003
A patient comes into the office with an aching sensation in the posterior aspect of the right leg. He notes the pain has been increasing in the past two to three months and has gotten worse since he began to exercise. Specifically, in the...
A patient comes into the office with an aching sensation in the posterior aspect of the right leg. He notes the pain has been increasing in the past two to three months and has gotten worse since he began to exercise. Specifically, in the...
A patient comes into the office...
07/03/2003
Podiatry Today
Treatment Dilemmas
04/22/2013
Osteochondral defects of the talus embody a broad category of injuries from fibrillation of the articular cartilage to full depth loss of cartilage and bone.1 These defects are fairly common injuries that are most often linked with an ankle...
Osteochondral defects of the talus embody a broad category of injuries from fibrillation of the articular cartilage to full depth loss of cartilage and bone.1 These defects are fairly common injuries that are most often linked with an ankle...
Osteochondral defects of the...
04/22/2013
Podiatry Today
06/03/2006
Yes. After discussing the importance of the plantar plate in facilitating MTPJ stability, this author points out key shortcomings of the flexor tendon transfer and emphasizes the more direct focus of plantar plate repair. By Leon Reber, DPM...
Yes. After discussing the importance of the plantar plate in facilitating MTPJ stability, this author points out key shortcomings of the flexor tendon transfer and emphasizes the more direct focus of plantar plate repair. By Leon Reber, DPM...
Yes. After discussing the...
06/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Treatment Dilemmas
11/03/2006
     The past several “Treatment Dilemmas” columns have dealt with the treatment of chronic ankle pain subsequent to an ankle sprain (see page 92, July issue and page 88, September issue). We have dealt with the actual ligament injury and its...
     The past several “Treatment Dilemmas” columns have dealt with the treatment of chronic ankle pain subsequent to an ankle sprain (see page 92, July issue and page 88, September issue). We have dealt with the actual ligament injury and its...
     The past several “Treatment...
11/03/2006
Podiatry Today