Open versus arthroscopic assessed technique in ankle arthrodesis

ABSTRACT

Ankle arthrodesis was done for 17 patients divided into two groups. The first group consisted of ten patients treated by an open technique, and the second group included seven patients managed by arthroscopic assessed ankle fusion. The details of the patients, surgical techniques and the results were described in this study. In the second group, postoperative pain was much less and healing time was shorter than the first group. The arthroscopic technique is less invasive but there is a learning curve associated with the maneuver, where severe joint deformity is considered a contraindication for arthroscopic fusion