Tibiotalar fusion remains the mainstay of surgical treatment for end-stage arthritis of the ankle joint. Pseudoarthrosis may occur for a variety of reasons including concomitant medical illness ...

The rate of pseudoarthrosis after ankle arthrodesis has been reported to range from 0% [4] to 41%. [5] In a study of 78 ankle fusions, Frey and associates [6] found a nonunion rate of 41% ...

1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Iskenderun State Hospital, Iskenderun, Turkey 2 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical Faculty, University of Kahramanmaras, Kahramanmaras, Turkey Correspondence ...