Symptomatic anterior subtalar arthrosis after ankle arthrodesis.
A 76-year-old man reported right lateral heel pain 11 years after ankle arthrodesis. Clinically, there was tenderness in the right sinus tarsi and over the junction point between the talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints. Radiographs showed that the joint spaces of the posterior subtalar joint and the talonavicular joint were preserved although there were osteophytes at both joints. Arthroscopic findings showed degeneration of the anterior subtalar and talonavicular joints. The symptoms subsided after arthroscopic debridement.
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, North District Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Tun Hing
TH
Lui
D000368:Aged; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001174:Arthrodesis; D001182:Arthroscopy; D003646:Debridement; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000601:surgery; D054850:Osteophyte / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013380:Subtalar Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013640:Tarsal Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery