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Subtalar fusion is surgery that permanently joins the bones in your subtalar joint together. It’s a type of joint fusion (arthrodesis). Healthcare providers sometimes call it subtalar arthrodesis.
Subtalar fusion is performed to either correct painful deformities, instability of the subtalar joint, or to remove painful arthritis of this joint. Learn more.
Arthrodesis (joint fusion) is surgery to permanently fuse two bones in a joint together. Your provider may suggest it if you have severe joint pain, stiffness or other symptoms that severely affect your quality of life. It’s typically only an option after other, nonsurgical treatments haven’t worked.
make a 1 cm incision distal to the distal aspect of the tibial tubercle and 1 cm lateral to the anterior tibial crest. use the Harris heel and lateral views to drive guidepin through the tuberosity, across the subtalar joint and into the talar neck.
Isolated STJ arthrodesis is indicated for the following: Stage II fl exible fl atfoot deformity, isolated arthritis, both traumatic and non-traumatic, coalition, and neuromuscular disease affecting hindfoot motion (10). The literature has reported good results for stage II posterior tendon
Subtalar fusion, or arthrodesis, involves fusing the heel bone, or calcaneus, to the talus bone stabilizing the heel and mid-hindfoot. Surgeons utilize subtalar fusion to stabilize and reduce pain in cases of hindfoot deformity due to trauma, arthritic damage, or physiological defect.
Subtalar arthrodesis entails surgical fusion of the posterior aspect of the subtalar joint to alleviate pain in patients with conditions such as post-traumatic arthritis after calcaneal fractures or adult-acquired flatfoot deformity due to posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, as well as other disorders.
Subtalar arthrodesis is an effective treatment for pathology of the hindfoot including post-traumatic arthritis, talocalcaneal coalition, posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, isolated subtalar joint instability, and inflammatory arthritis. 1 The aims of a subtalar arthrodesis are to treat constant pain by immobilization of the subtalar joint ...
Both arthroscopic and open subtalar joint arthrodesis techniques can successfully be used to treat conditions causing pain, deformity, or both. High fusion rates and functional improvement have been reported after both open and arthroscopic arthrodesis.
LEAP subtalar arthrodesis is an effective minimally invasive surgical technique for subtalar fusion and deformity correction of the hindfoot.