TY - JOUR
T1 - Complications following arthroseopic ankle arthrodesis
AU - Crosby, Lynn A.
AU - Yee, Ted C.
AU - Formanek, Teri S.
AU - Fitzgibbons, Timothy C.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Forty-two patients underwent an arthroscopic ankle arthrodesis utilizing a bi-framed distraction technique and demineralized bone matrix-bone marrow slurry as a graft substitute. The average follow-up was 27 months (range, 12-64 months). The overall complication rate was 55%, including three nonunions (7%), two fractures (4.8%), four pin site infections (9.5%), one deep infection, four hardware problems (9.5%), and four symptomatic painful subtalar joints (9.5%). Overall, 85% of patients were satisfied with their final result. The complication rate was high but most complications were minor and manageable. The demineralized bone matrix and bone marrow did not seem to increase the fusion rate over what has been documented previously for arthroscopic ankle fusions without the use of this graft substitute.
AB - Forty-two patients underwent an arthroscopic ankle arthrodesis utilizing a bi-framed distraction technique and demineralized bone matrix-bone marrow slurry as a graft substitute. The average follow-up was 27 months (range, 12-64 months). The overall complication rate was 55%, including three nonunions (7%), two fractures (4.8%), four pin site infections (9.5%), one deep infection, four hardware problems (9.5%), and four symptomatic painful subtalar joints (9.5%). Overall, 85% of patients were satisfied with their final result. The complication rate was high but most complications were minor and manageable. The demineralized bone matrix and bone marrow did not seem to increase the fusion rate over what has been documented previously for arthroscopic ankle fusions without the use of this graft substitute.
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U2 - 10.1177/107110079601700608
DO - 10.1177/107110079601700608
M3 - Article
C2 - 8791081
AN - SCOPUS:0029906290
SN - 1071-1007
VL - 17
SP - 340
EP - 342
JO - Foot and Ankle International
JF - Foot and Ankle International
IS - 6
ER -