Dr. Sigvard T Hansen MD
Orthopedist | Foot and Ankle Surgery
325 9th Ave Seattle WA, 98104About
Dr. Hansen is a UW professor of orthopaedics and sports medicine and director of the Foot and Ankle Institute that carries his name. He is a graduate of the UW School of Medicine and also completed his ...
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- 1972
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ankle replacement: management of associated deformities.
- Deformity and degeneration in the hindfoot and midfoot joints of the adult acquired flatfoot.
- Fracture of the polyethylene component in an ankle arthroplasty: a case report.
- Surgical anatomy of the gastrocnemius recession (Strayer procedure).
- Complications and failure after total ankle arthroplasty.
- Takedown of ankle fusion and conversion to total ankle replacement.
- External skeletal fixation: special techniques: dynamic control of anterior ankle subluxation.
- Revision total ankle arthroplasty: conversion of New Jersey Low Contact Stress to Agility: surgical technique and case report.
- Functional limitations of patients with end-stage ankle arthrosis.
- Adult cavovarus foot.
- [Appropriate ankle arthrodesis technique to allow revision to total ankle arthroplasty: an editorial comment].
- The cavovarus/supinated foot deformity and external tibial torsion: the role of the posterior tibial tendon.
- The tripod fixation technique for ankle arthrodesis.
- Introduction: The first metatarsal: it's importance in the human foot.
- Locally generated bone slurry accelerated ankle arthrodesis.
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- UW - Dept. of Medicine
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