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Tibio-calcaneo-naviculo-cuboideal fusion in the management of talar osteitis. A new technique

Eine neue Technik mit dem Ringfixateur

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A technique utilizing the Ilizarov ring fixator to stabilize a tibio-calcaneo-naviculo-cuboideal arthrodesis following talus resection is introduced. The advantages of this method will be demonstrated with the help of a case history. The described method permits early weight bearing, while supplying stability and compression of the fusion, thereby avoiding further loss of bone stock, while reducing the risk of thromboembolic complications. The Ilizarov ring fixator construction allows for the combination of the fusion with the correction of a preexisting or ensueing leg length discrepancy.

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Vorgestellt wird die Fokussanierung einer chronisch sequestrierenden Talusosteomyelitis durch die tibiokalkaneonavikulokuboidale (TCNC-)Arthrodese nach Talusresektion und simultaner Unterschenkelverlängerung mittels Ilizarov-Ringfixateur. Eine neue Technik wird anhand eines Fallbeispiels dargestellt. Hiermit konnte eine dauerhafte Infektsanierung sowie vollbelastbare untere Extremität erzielt werden und somit die drohende Amputation vermieden werden.

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Weber, M., Schwer, E. & Siebert, C. Tibio-calcaneo-naviculo-cuboideal fusion in the management of talar osteitis. A new technique. Unfallchirurg 102, 402–405 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001130050426

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