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Arthroscopic ankle arthrodesis
C M Dent1, M Patil, J A Fairclough
1Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, UK.
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume
|September 1, 1993
Abstract:
We performed arthrodesis of the ankle in eight patients by arthroscopic joint excision and fixation with crossed tibiotalar compression screws. Two patients had rheumatoid arthritis and six had post-traumatic osteoarthritis. None had a serious deformity of the ankle. Clinical ankylosis was achieved in all cases and there was radiological evidence of bone fusion in four.