Does Open versus Arthroscopic Surgical Technique Affect the Union Rate of Tibiotalar Arthrodesis?:

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics

JulieNeumann¹ 

关键词: ankle;    arthritis;    arthrodesis;    arthroscopy;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2473011418S00092

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Category:ArthroscopyIntroduction/Purpose:To date, there are only a handful of studies directly comparing outcomes of open versus arthroscopic ankle arthrodesis. Major limitations of these studies are small patient cohorts, lack of long-term follow-up, lack of assessment pre-operative patient demographics and imaging, and post-operatively evaluation of clinical outcomes but not union rates. The purpose of this clinical study is to compare the rate of union in ankle fusions in patients that underwent open arthrodesis to those that underwent arthroscopic arthrodesis. The hypothesis of this study was that there would be no difference in union rate in patients that underwent open versus arthroscopic arthrodesis.Methods:This is a retrospective review of 521 consecutive patients from October 2002 to April 2016. One hundred twenty-five ankles from 121 patients met inclusion criteria. These patients underwent primary tibiotalar arthrodesis without the use of autograft. Fifty-nine patients underwent open tibiotalar...

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