我非常高兴地担任《足病医学与外科诊所》杂志的特邀编辑，该杂志专门讨论“跟骨骨折治疗的当前观点”。令人惊讶的是，很少有足病医学和外科方面的教科书或诊所专门讨论跟骨骨折，而且其中许多教科书或诊所已经过时，或者涉及到在美国无法使用的固定系统。为这一问题选定的作者在他们所分配的题目上是受人尊敬的权威人士，他们十分和蔼可亲，从他们的实践和家庭中抽出大量时间来适应我在这一问题上的严格的、在许多方面是不切实际的目标。
It is with great pleasure that I serve as Guest Editor for this issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery devoted to "Current Perspectives on Management of Calcaneal Fractures." Surprisingly few textbooks or Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery issues devoted entirely to calcaneal fractures exist, and many of those that do are outdated or involve fixation systems that are not available for use in the United States. The authors selected for this issue are respected authorities on the topics they have been assigned, and they have been gracious enough to take substantial time from their practices and families to accommodate my tight, and in many ways unrealistic, goals for this issue.
