The services provided by consultants of The Joint Clinic are at par with the highest standard of Orthopaedic care. All the consultants have been trained by world renowned surgeons from United Kingdom and Australia and have excellent surgical experience.
Ankle arthroscopy is performed for the surgical evaluation and treatment of a variety of ankle conditions. Arthroscopic surgery has a quicker recovery and less scarring, less pain than traditional open surgery. You may need ankle arthroscopy if you have debris in your ankle from torn cartilage or from a bone chip. Also, if there is ligament damage from a severely sprained ankle, arthroscopy can evaluate the extent of damage and repair it. Arthroscopic techniques are also used to fuse an arthritic ankle
Ankle Arthrodesis fuses the bones of the joint completely, making one continuous bone out of two bones. The goal is to reduce pain by eliminating motion in the arthritic joint. During arthrodesis, your surgeon removes the damaged cartilage and then uses screws to fix the joint in a permanent position. Over time, the bones fuse or grow together, just like two ends of a broken bone grow together as it heals. By removing the joint, the pain disappears.
This surgery was earlier done by open methods with a high complication rate. Arthroscopy specialists at The Joint Clinic prefer to do it with arthroscopic techniques, minimizing complications and optimizing the results. With sophisticated arthroscopic techniques we have successfully fused ankles with 5 mm keyholes – even in cases which had 5-6 previous unsuccessful open surgeries and big scars!!
Surgery for osteochondritis usually involves removing the loose fragment of cartilage and bone from the ankle joint and drilling small holes in the injured bone. When the fragment is removed, a defect shaped like a small crater is left in the talus bone. It is this area where the drill holes are made. The drill holes allow new blood vessels to grow into the defect and help to form scar tissue to fill the area. Eventually this new scar tissue smoothes out the defect and allows the ankle to move more easily. At The Joint Clinic we routinely perform this surgery with arthroscopic techniques
Surgery for osteochondritis usually involves removing the loose fragment of cartilage and bone from the ankle joint and drilling small holes in the injured bone. When the fragment is removed, a defect shaped like a small crater is left in the talus bone. It is this area where the drill holes are made. The drill holes allow new blood vessels to grow into the defect and help to form scar tissue to fill the area. Eventually this new scar tissue smoothes out the defect and allows the ankle to move more easily. At The Joint Clinic we routinely perform this surgery with arthroscopic techniques
Plantar fascia is a thick band of tissue connecting heel bone to the toes. Irritation and scarring of the plantar fascia, known as plantar fasciitis, is one of the common causes of heel pain. It develops over time and can become extremely painful, especially with the first few steps in the morning. Conservative (non-operative) treatment is always the first approach. This involves activity modification, medications, injections and a change in shoewear. If these options fail, you may need surgery to release the tight band of plantar fascia. We have developed an arthroscopic technique for doing this procedure where the patient stays for only half a day in hospital and can join office in a couple of days
Total ankle replacement (also called ankle arthroplasty) is a surgical option for patients with arthritis of the ankle in old age. This operation can relieve pain and maintain motion in the arthritic ankle joint and is an alternative to arthrodesis (ankle fusion) which can relieve pain but eliminates motion in the joint. Although it does not have the same long-term track record of hip or knee replacement, ankle replacement looks very promising for future
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