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Alexej Barg1, Annunziato Amendola, Douglas N Beaman
1Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital of Basel, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 21, Basel CH-4031, Switzerland.
Abstract:
For select patients, distraction ankle arthroplasty may be a promising treatment approach for ankle osteoarthritis; however, there is still limited literature addressing its efficacy and clinical long-term results. In this article, the literature regarding the outcome after ankle distraction arthroscopy is reviewed, the indications and contraindication for this procedure are listed, our surgical technique is described, and our preliminary results with this procedure are presented.
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