Blair tibiotalar arthrodesis for injuries to the talus

A retrospective clinical and roentgenographic study was done of seven patients who underwent Blair tibiotalar arthrodesis. The average age of the patients was twenty-six years and the average follow-up was 3.9 years. Results were good in five patients, fair in one, and poor in one. Results were more closely correlated to tibiopedal motion than to anatomical restoration. In two patients pseudarthrosis developed: painful in one and asymptomatic in one. A good result has 16 to 20 degrees of tibiopedal motion; a fair result, 11 to 15 degrees; and a poor result, 10 degrees or less.