Long-term results of arthrodesis of the ankle

✍ Scribed by E. J. Schaap; J. Huy; A. J. Tonino

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 305 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0341-2695
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00183355

✦ Synopsis

Forty-four arthrodeses of the ankle were carried out between 1965 and 1984 in forty-three patients with post-traumatic osteoarthritis or poliomyelitis. Twenty-eight patients, one of whom had a bilateral arthrodesis, were followed up after an average of ten years. Twenty-four were satisfied and the patients with poliomyelitis were better than those with osteoarthritis. The condition of the tarsal joints before the operation influences the result, but the arthrodesis does not cause degenerative changes in these joints. R+sum~. De 1965 gz 1984 nous avons effectub 44 arthrodOses de la cheville chez 43 patients qui souffraient soit d'une arthrose post-traumatique soit d'une instabilitd poliomy~litique. Parmi les 28 opbrbs, qui ont btb suivis pendant 10 a n s e n moyenne, 24 ont considbrb l'opdration comme satisfaisante. Le rdsultat post-opbratoire est meilleur ches Ies poliomyklitiques. L'btude des observations montre que le rbsultat de l'arthrodbse est influencb par la condition prd-opbratoire des autres articulations du pied. L'arthrodOse elle-m6me n'y entrafne pas de changements dbgdnbratifs.