Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: General Orthopaedics
Abstract number: 23039
FOOT TRIPLE ARTHRODESIS.16 CASES WITH MEAN FOLLOW UP OF 11
YEARS.
Stamatis PARASCHOU, Polykarpos FLEGAS, Helias ANASTASOPOULOS, Anestis
KARANIKOLAS
A Orthopaedic Clinic-General Hospital Kilkis, Thessaloniki (GREECE)
The aim of this retrospective study is to present our experience and the results of
triple arthrodesis in 16 patients. Between1994-2001 16 patients were managed by
triple arthrodesis. The cause was idiopathic subtalar osteoarthritis in 3 patients,
postraumatic subtalar osteoarthritis in 6 patients (after a calcaneal fracture), spastic
flatfoot in 2 patients, polio in 3 patients and neglected equinovarus due to meningitis
in 2 patients. The operation stages included corrective osteotomies for the
deformities,removal of the articular cartilage,grafts placement(8 patients),fixation with
Steinman or staples in 7 patients(no internal fixation materials in the other patients)
and stabilization with brace for 3 months. The patients were encouraged to start
partial weight bearing after 3 months postoperatively which switched to full weight
bearing after 4 months. Union was achieved in all patients within an average of 4.2
months (range 3-6 months).Neither major or minor complications were observed in
an average follow up of 11 years except an ankle subluxation in a patient with polio
who was submitted in ankle fusion with intramedullary nailing. Please to be accepted
as an oral presentation.
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