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THE PERFORMANCE OF MULTIPLE JOINT PROCEDURES AT ONE OPERATION IN A PATIENT WITH HAEMOPHILIA
Author(s) -
ROTHWELL ALASTAIR G.,
FAED JAMES M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1979.tb05844.x
Subject(s) - medicine , haemophilia , ankle , ankle replacement , joint disease , joint (building) , surgery , physical therapy , osteoarthritis , pathology , architectural engineering , alternative medicine , engineering
A haemophiliac patient with crippling degenerative joint disease is described in whomarthrodeses of the left knee and right ankle and total replacement of the left ankle wereperformed in the course of one operation. The reasons for this and for using a total ankle replacement are discussed.