Cierny G, Cook W G, Mader J T
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Crawford W. Long Hospital of Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Orthop Clin North Am. 1989 Oct;20(4):709-21.
The prognosis for ankle arthrodeses performed in the presence of chronic joint sepsis is addressed. The described methods afford reliable and highly successful results, even in cases with massive hard- and soft-tissue deficits. An ankle fusion can be reliably accomplished in the presence of wound contamination, inadequate bone stock, and an ischemic soft-tissue envelope. The methods used must be tailored to the anatomic extent of disease, the physiologic condition of the host, and institutional resources.
