Köhler Disease: Multimedia

References

1. Kohler A. Uben eine häubige bisher ansheinend unbekannte Erkrankung einzelner kindlicher Knochen Verh deutsch Röntg-Ges 1908;4:110.

2. DiGiovanni CW, Patel A, Calfee R, Nickisch F. Osteonecrosis in the foot. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. Apr 2007;15(4):208-17. [Medline].

3. Khan AQ, Sherwani MA, Gupta K, Siddiqui YS, Hali NZ. Kohler's disease. Saudi Med J. Sep 2008;29(9):1357-8. [Medline].

4. Waugh W. The ossification and vascularisation of the tarsal navicular and their relation to Köhler's disease. J Bone Joint Surg Br. Nov 1958;40-B(4):765-77. [Medline]. [Full Text].

5. Berard J, Fournet-Fayard J. [Idiopathic ostonecrosis of the scaphoid tarsal bone (Köhler's second disease)] [French]. Rev Rhum Mal Osteoartic. Feb 1983;50(2):163-5. [Medline].

6. Williams GA, Cowell HR. Köhler's disease of the tarsal navicular. Clin Orthop Relat Res. Jul-Aug 1981;158:53-8. [Medline].

7. Khoury J, Jerushalmi J, Loberant N, Shtarker H, Militianu D, Keidar Z. Kohler disease: diagnoses and assessment by bone scintigraphy. Clin Nucl Med. Mar 2007;32(3):179-81. [Medline].

8. Gips S, Ruchman RB, Groshar D. Bone imaging in Kohler's disease. Clin Nucl Med. Sep 1997;22(9):636-7. [Medline].

9. Ippolito E, Ricciardi Pollini PT, Falez F. Köhler's disease of the tarsal navicular: long-term follow-up of 12 cases. J Pediatr Orthop. Aug 1984;4(4):416-7. [Medline].

10. Ertel AN, O'Connell FD. Talonavicular coalition following avascular necrosis of the tarsal navicular. J Pediatr Orthop. Aug 1984;4(4):482-4. [Medline].

11. Borges JL, Guille JT, Bowen JR. Köhler's bone disease of the tarsal navicular. J Pediatr Orthop. Sep-Oct 1995;15(5):596-8. [Medline].

12. Khan AQ, Sherwani MA, Gupta K, Siddiqui YS, Hali NZ. Kohler's disease. Saudi Med J. Sep 2008;29(9):1357-8. [Medline].

Further Reading

Procedure guideline for bone scintigraphy. Society of Nuclear Medicine, Inc - Medical Specialty Society. 1999 Feb (revised 2003 Jun 20). 5 pages. NGC:003578

Chronic foot pain. American College of Radiology - Medical Specialty Society. 1998 (revised 2005). 7 pages. NGC:004618

Keywords

Köhler disease, Köhler's disease, avascular necrosis, avascular necrosis of tarsal navicula, osteochondritis of tarsal navicula, osteochondroses, osteonecrosis of the foot, foot osteonecrosis. limping child

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Bernardo Vargas, MD, Consulting Staff, Unité Pédiatrique de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologie (UPCOT), Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Heidi M Stephens, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Director of Diabetic Foot Clinic, Assistant Dean for Clinical Outreach, University of South Florida College of Medicine; Courtesy Joint Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health
Heidi M Stephens, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, and Florida Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Pharmacy Editor

Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Managing Editor

Shepard R Hurwitz, MD, Executive Director, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Shepard R Hurwitz, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College of Rheumatology, American College of Sports Medicine, American College of Surgeons, American Diabetes Association, American Orthopaedic Association, American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Eastern Orthopaedic Association, Orthopaedic Research Society, Orthopaedic Trauma Association, and Southern Orthopaedic Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

CME Editor

Dinesh Patel, MD, FACS, Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Chief of Arthroscopic Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dinesh Patel, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, American College of International Physicians, and American College of Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Jason H Calhoun, MD, FAAOS, Chairman, J Vernon Luck Distinguished Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Missouri
Jason H Calhoun, MD, FAAOS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, and American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.