ARTRODESIS TIBIOTALOCALCANEA CON PLACA PHILOS: EXPERIENCIA EN EL HOSPITAL MILITAR CENTRAL. ENERO 2007 A DICIEMBRE DE 2009

descriptive, observational, retrospective, case-series study conducted between january 2007 and december 2009 in the hospital militar central. twenty one patients with tibiotalar and subtalar joint arthrosis of diverse etiology were treated, with follow-up of at least 6 months. the following facts were assessed: pre-operatory and post-operatory function through the aofas scale, pain according to the visual analogue scale, time to consolidation by radiographic controls, type of used graft and associated complications. complications were found in 2 patients with superficial infection which required management with intravenous antibiotic, and 2 patients showing consolidation delay who required revision surgery. the obtained results demonstrate that tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis with philos plate is an excellent fixation method (90.4% consolidation) in patients with ankle and subtalar arthrosis and poor bone quality.