Distraction for ankle arthroscopy.
Distraction has proven to be usefull for arthroscopic visualisation and instrumental access to some ankle pathology. A distraction technique using a single calcaneal pin combined with the installation of the patient on a fracture table is described. The method has already been used by the authors in more than 100 ankle arthroscopy procedures without distraction-related complications.
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Academic Hospital of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
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D000843:Ankle Joint; D020679:Arthroscopes; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices