Yablon I G
Instr Course Lect. 1984;33:118-23.
Surgery of the ankle has reached the stage where reconstruction of malunions are not only possible but advisable. It is becoming more evident that if done early, and if done before the onset of arthritic changes, good results can be obtained. Certainly it is far more preferable to restore a malunited ankle to a functional level than to allow the patient to continue to experience pain and to wait until degenerative arthritis requires that an arthrodesis be performed.
踝关节手术已发展到不仅可以而且适合对畸形愈合进行重建的阶段。越来越明显的是，如果手术做得早，且在关节炎变化出现之前进行，就能取得良好的效果。当然，将畸形愈合的踝关节恢复到功能水平远比让患者继续承受疼痛并等待直到退行性关节炎需要进行关节融合术要好得多。
