A Mixed Osseous-Fibrous Talocalcaneal Coalition With a Posterior Extra-articular Bridge in a Nine-Year-Old: Resection via a Posteromedial Approach Augmented With Fat Interposition
Patar P Oppusunggu, Gabriel K Wienanda, Karina S Gani, Mitchel Mitchel, Erica Kholinne · 2025
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Patar Oppusunggu and co-authors report surgery for a rare fused ankle joint in a nine-year-old boy, in work from twenty twenty-five. Most cases join heel and navicular bones or heel and talus bones. A mixed form with both bone and fibrous tissue is very rare. The boy had growing left foot pain and a limp that rest care did not fix.
Scans confirmed the mixed fusion with a bridge behind the joint. Surgeons cut out the fused bridge through a back-inner approach to the ankle. Fat was placed in the gap to keep the bones from fusing again. Before surgery the heel tilted badly and joint motion was tight. Four weeks later motion and heel alignment had improved a lot. By four months, child survey scores for body, school, and mood had all risen sharply.
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| CREATOR | Patar P Oppusunggu, Gabriel K Wienanda, Karina S Gani, Mitchel Mitchel, Erica Kholinne |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |