CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Tibiotalar arthritis in the young patient that warrants fusion is typically due to either posttraumatic or inflammatory ankle pathology. The decision for tibiotalar fusion is based…
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: This chapter introduces the reader to “ankle joint preservation arthroplasty” and the role of ankle distraction, or arthrodiastasis, in the treatment of ankle arthritis. Evaluation of,…
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Biological alternatives to inorganic implant arthroplasty exist in the form of allograft implants to resurface the ankle. The talar and tibial bone–cartilage grafts are freshly harvested…
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Tibial osteotomies are used to improve the pain of ankle arthritis when there is deformity in the tibia, as seen after trauma or with congenital deformities….
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Ankle arthroscopy is becoming a more useful procedure to treat and possibly prevent ankle arthritis. Synovectomy, loose body removal, “meniscoid lesons,” repair of osteochondral lesions, and…
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: This chapter discusses different tools used to assess the function of patients with ankle arthritis. Some of these tools are disease and location specific; most, however,…
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Management of painful arthritis of the ankle is directed at reducing the pain and maintaining function. There are medications that can reduce pain, exercises that maintain…
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Ankle arthritis is less prevalent than that of the other major lower extremity joints. Neuropathic arthritis is increasing in prevalence, as is ankle pain due to…
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: History and physical examination remain the most important tools for ankle arthritis diagnosis. Radiographs serve to confirm the clinical diagnosis. Blood testing for inflammatory arthritis has…
