The treatment of plantar fasciitis (PF) is primarily conservative, it includes kinesiotherapy, orthoses, corticosteroid therapy, electrotherapy, but their efficacy remains controversial. An alternative conservative treatment of PF recently more and more frequently used is extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT). In physiotherapy, various ESWT applications, such as focused extracororeal shock wave therapy (FESWT) or radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy (RESWT), are used to treat PF....

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) following foot and ankle (FA) surgery is relatively uncommon but may result in significant morbidity, prolonged recovery, and serious complications including pulmonary embolism. Identifying patient- and surgery-specific risk factors is essential for effective risk stratification and targeted thromboprophylaxis. However, evidence regarding predictors of postoperative VTE in this population remains heterogeneous and inconsistently reported....