Isolated talonavicular arthrodesis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of the foot and tibialis posterior tendon dysfunction

Isolated talonavicular arthrodesis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of the foot and tibialis posterior tendon dysfunction

BACKGROUND The foot is often affected in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Subtalar joints are involved more frequently than ankle joints. Deformities of subtalar joints often lead to painful flatfoot and valgus deformity of the heel. Major contributors to the early development of foot deformities include talonavicular joint destruction and tibialis posterior tendon dysfunction, mainly due to...

Isolated Talonavicular Arthrodesis in Patients with Dysfunction of Tibialis Posterior and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Tibialis posterior tendon dysfunction.

Dysfunction of the tibialis posterior tendon evolves through a series of stages. The pain symptoms, clinical signs, and roentgenographic changes for each of these stages are characteristic. This staging system permits clarification and individualization of dysfunction, expected pathologic changes, and surgical treatment. The importance of the tibialis posterior tendon in normal hindfoot functio...

Dysfunction of the tendon of tibialis posterior.

©2004 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery doi:10.1302/0301-620X.86B7. 15084 $2.00 J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2004;86-B:939-46. An acquired flat-foot deformity caused by dysfunction of the tendon of tibialis posterior is common but often missed. Rupture of the tendon was first described in 1953.1 In 1969 Kettelkamp and Alexander2 published results of surgical exploration. They conclu...

Isolated talonavicular arthrodesis and talonavicular-cuneiform arthrodesis for the Müller-Weiss disease

BACKGROUND The study aimed to introduce the isolated talonavicular and talonavicular-cuneiform arthrodesis for the stage III and IV Müller-Weiss disease and analyze their clinical outcomes. METHODS Thirty patients of stage III and IV Müller-Weiss disease were divided into the talonavicular (TN) arthrodesis group and the talonavicular-cuneiform (TNC) arthrodesis group according to the perinavi...