Open Exposure for Ankle Arthrodesis
Patient Positioning: supine w/ bumb under hip; prep for bone graft; tourniquet on thigh (if case is extended consider use of sterile calf tourniquet after two hours); Instruments: roungeurs, currettes, osteotomes, lamina spreaders, osillating saw; Lateral Incision and Exposure: lateral incision over distal fibula, which is extended anteriorly at distal tip of fibula toward the … Read more