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Treatment of Ankle Osteoarthritis with Total Ankle Replacement Through a Lateral Transfibular Approach
Published on: January 24, 2018
[Fibular dimelia]
1Oddział Ortopedyczno-Urazowy, Uniwersytecki Szpital Dzieciecy w Krakowie. jerzysulko@hotmail.com
Abstract:
It is presented an extremely rare condition characterised by total absence of tibia and fibular dimelia. Only few patients were presented till now. Our patient was observed and treated for 19 years. He was born with normal forearms (radiologically ulna and radius were present), syndactyly of hands, mirror feet and extremely equinus. The knees were normal in flexion and dislocated in extension. Radiologically there was total absent of tibia and duplication of fibula; moreover there was duplication of toes (right foot--9, left foot--10 toes), metatarsal bones, cuneiform, cuboid and calcaneal bone. Although the unstable knees and equinus feet deformities he was able to walk indenpendently.
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