Salvage Surgery and Ankle Arthrodesis in Ankle Fractures Involving the Joint - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.3 No.5, May 2016

Salvage Surgery and Ankle Arthrodesis in Ankle Fractures Involving the Joint ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1102673 1,233 Downloads 3,092 Views Citations

Author(s)

Baris Yilmaz¹, Baran Komur^2*, Nurettin Heybeli³

Affiliation(s)

¹Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
²Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
³Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Medical Faculty, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.

ABSTRACT

Posttraumatic osteoarthritis is a serious complication mostly involving weight bearing joints. It is not yet possible to predict which patients would develop posttraumatic osteoarthritis at a clinically relevant level. It is a common notion that, in comminuted fractures of the ankle joint that are highly likely to result in posttraumatic arthritis, interventions that aim to reduce the development of arthrosis should be attempted or achieving an ankle in an acceptable position for arthrodesis in the later periods should be targeted. Open type of fracture, a possible risk of infection and the duration of wound closure play a crucial role in the treatment of fracture, which is the main injury. In order to gain a better understanding of the importance of the treatment method to be chosen for the treatment of the trauma involving the ankle, a review of the information about ankle arthrodesis, which has an important place in the treatment of osteoarthritis, would be sufficient. We reviewed general principles and surgical approaches about this subject.

KEYWORDS

Salvage Surgery, Ankle Arthrodesis, Ankle Fracture

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Yilmaz, B. , Komur, B. and Heybeli, N. (2016) Salvage Surgery and Ankle Arthrodesis in Ankle Fractures Involving the Joint. Open Access Library Journal, 3, 1-9. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1102673.

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