Salvage arthrodesis after failed total ankle replacement: Reconstruction with structural allograft and intramedullary nail

Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 271-278

  Moor, Beat K ^a   Klammer, Georg ^a   Maquieira, Gerardo Juan ^a   Espinosa, Norman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Failed ankle arthroplasty; Fresh frozen structural allografts; Intramedullary nail; Salvage arthrodesis; Subtalar joint

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; GENTAMICIN;

ANALGESIA; ANKLE; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT MALFORMATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; GAIT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT STABILITY; NERVE LESION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOLYSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOLOGY; REOPERATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TALUS; TALUS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 67649628355     PISSN: 15360644     EISSN: 15381943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTF.0b013e31818f14eb     Document Type: Article

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