This is a good book set overall, but pretty hit or miss from chapter to chapter. I don't remember that so much in past versions (just summary of the pathology, workup, and treatment options).
The Lapidus chapter is a disaster. It took a major downgrade from being fairly good in prior editions and is unfortunately a complete joke in 5th... devolved into basically a clear ****plasty advertisement attempt. Any attending should already know there a dozen or more good ways to perform and fixate that versatile workhorse bunionectomy, but McGlamry is designed as a comprehensive text and for students, boards, etc. It is crazy for a chapter covering one of the most common surgical procedures DPMs perform not to show various constructs of cross screws, lag screw with plate, plantar plate, various plate brands, etc. I guess that would mess up the product placement?
I have no idea how much money they probably took to allow a guy cashing huge checks from one niche Lapidus plate manufacturer to write that chapter and do it in that way: pics of nothing but that one brand of fixation and use "preferred by authors" and "we find that" and "we approach the procedure with" throughout instead of legit unbiased info and best articles as references. It is not uncommon in journal articles or lectures or Myerson, Chang, Easley, etc books to describe a procedure in basics and then mostly focus on their own preferred method... but McGlamry is historically comprehensive (podiatry version of what Coughlin is for ortho F&A).
The good thing is that most other McGlamry chapters I've read are a lot more unbiased (review all brands of TARs, show many types of ankle fusion constructs, show nearly any and every hallux rigidus treatment, show pins and plates and various screws for met fx, etc).