Challenges and opportunities facing the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine.

This article presents the problems and challenges facing the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in the view of its President and its Chief Academic Officer. It explores the progress made and the challenges facing the Ohio College overall and in the areas of education. It presents an exciting new vision of the style of podiatric medical education, and the methods that are and will be used to assess the quality of the educational program.

The tear-drop capsulectomy and capsulorrhaphy: a new approach in aiding the soft tissue repair of hallux abducto valgus.

Capsular correction is an important part of the repair of hallux abducto valgus. In this paper, the authors discuss the tear-drop method of capsular repair--a method that can be used in all hallux valgus corrections, either alone or in conjunction with the dorsolinear capsulotomy and repair. They believe the tear-drop method has many advantages, among which is the fact that severe splinting and/or casting is not needed and the patient can walk in a surgical shoe almost immediately after surgery. Excellent results were obtained in a high percentage of their 288 cases.