Contemporary understanding of managing the patients with consequences of ankle injuries by arthrodesis (review)

Introduction. The management of patients with the consequences of ankle injuries is a crucial issue due to the constant worldwide increase in the incidence of this pathology within the population, a large number of complications and poor outcomes of surgical rehabilitation, and thereby frequent disabilities. Th aim of this research was to analyze the current state of the problem of managing patients with consequences of ankle injuries by arthrodesis through Russian and foreign experience. Material and methods. We reviewed the articles retrieved mostly from the electronic databases (Medline, PubMed, eLIBRARY, Cochrane, SpringerLink, and Web of Science) by keywords ankle fractures, arthrodesis, intra-articular tibial fracture, ankle joint, post-traumatic osteoarthritis, crusarthrosis.