Do Patient Positioning and Portal Placement for Arthroscopic Subtalar Arthrodesis Matter?

Arthroscopic Ankle and Subtalar Arthrodesis – Indications and Surgical Technique

The history of arthroscopy begins in 1918 when Takagi performed a knee arthroscopy in a cadaver. Due to its narrow joint space, the ankle joint was not considered suitable for arthro‐ scopy in those days. Despite this, in 1939, Takagi described an arthroscopic technique for the ankle joint in a Japanese Orthopaedic Association Journal (Takagi 1939). Watanabe describes in 1972 the anteromedial, ...

Anterolateral Arthroscopic Posterior Subtalar Arthrodesis: The Surgical Technique

The effectiveness of subtalar arthrodesis has been well documented in treating degenerative subtalar joint disease. The arthroscopic subtalar approach for arthrodesis has also been proved to give excellent results in terms of bone fusion rates and reduction of wound-related pain and complications. To date, the main concerns about arthroscopy have regarded incision-related neurologic complicatio...

Isolated subtalar arthrodesis.

The aim of this study is to review the results of isolated subtalar arthrodesis in adults and to make a comparative analysis of the clinical outcomes between the patients with posttraumatic subtalar arthritis and the ones with other etiologic factors, and to evaluate the effects of grafting. This study included 19 men and 12 women. The mean postoperative follow-up was 36.8 months. The mean AOFA...

Subtalar Joint Arthrodesis

The following investigation consists of a retrospective review of more than 50 patients having undergone an isolated subtalar joint fusion for the correction of the multi-planar flatfoot deformity. These results support the notion that the isolated subtalar joint fusion can provide enhanced stability in selected patients with painful flatfoot deformities. Radiographic evaluation & chart review ...

Arthrodesis of the subtalar joint.