Conversion of failed ankle arthroplasty to an arthrodesis. Technique using an arthrodesis nail and a cage filled with morsellized bone graft

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-104

  Bullens, Pieter ^a   de Waal Malefijt, Maarten ^a   Louwerens, Jan Willem ^a  

^a SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle; Cage; Fusion; Intramedullary; Nail; Replacement

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RESECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION OSTEOSYNTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN PARAMETERS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VALGUS DEFORMITY; WEIGHT BEARING; AGED; ANKLE; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; BONE NAIL; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; FEMALE; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; BONE NAILS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77952886685     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: 14609584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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