A Surgery is considered when one has an unstable ankle that does not respond to nonsurgical treatment. A physical examination along with x-rays will show how unstable the ankle is.
There are several types of ankle surgery: …show more content…
Where the cartilage covering the ends of the bones progressively roughens and becomes thin, and the bone underneath thickens .This leads to immense pain, deformity, swelling of the joint.
There are three surgical options:
Ankle fusion – Ankle fusion involves removing the damaged ankle joint and fusing the talus bone to the tibia to form a stiff ankle. Triple fusion – Triple fusion is the surgical fusion of three joints, either as a treatment for arthritis within these joints or as a method of correcting a stiff foot deformity .
Ankle replacement – An ankle replacement involves taking out the worn-out ends of your tibia and talus bones and replacing them artificial ends made out of plastic or metal
The he main advantages of foot and ankle surgery are:
• It provides long lasting pain relief to the patients.
• It helps one to have better function and mobility
• It improves the appearance of the feet, depending on the type of operation one went