Functional Reconstruction of the Foot and Ankle.

Sigvard T. Hansen, Jr. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2000. $159.00, 544 pp. The popularity of foot and ankle surgery has increased over the past decade, and this has led to a number of texts offering instruction in the management of many entities. The question of which text is the most appropriate for any given individual is often a difficult one to answer. This text represents the commendable effort by a single author to place his experiences and philosophies regarding foot and ankle surgery into print. Dr. Hansen has long been considered an innovative educator in the field of orthopaedic trauma; he has pioneered numerous surgical techniques and popularized AO principles in this country. More recently, he …