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15773643

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-18
pubmed:abstractText
We reviewed 116 patients who underwent 118 arthroscopic ankle arthrodeses. The mean age at operation was 57 years, 2 months (20 to 86 years). The indication for operation was post-traumatic osteoarthritis in 67, primary osteoarthritis in 36, inflammatory arthropathy in 13 and avascular necrosis in two. The mean follow-up was 65 months (18 to 144). Nine patients (10 ankles) died before final review and three were lost to follow-up, leaving 104 patients (105 ankles) who were assessed by a standard telephone interview. The preoperative talocrural deformity was between 22 degrees valgus and 28 degrees varus, 94 cases were within 10 degrees varus/valgus. The mean time to union was 12 weeks (6 to 20). Nonunion occurred in nine cases (7.6%). Other complications included 22 cases requiring removal of a screw for prominence, three superficial infections, two deep vein thromboses/pulmonary emboli, one revision of fixation, one stress fracture and one deep infection. Six patients had a subtalar fusion at a mean of 48 months after ankle fusion. There were 48 patients with excellent, 35 with good, 10 with fair and 11 with poor clinical results.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0301-620X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
343-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Arthroscopic ankle arthrodesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article