The goal of ankle arthrodesis (also commonly known as ankle fusion) is to relieve pain and maintain or improve function for a patient with ankle arthritis. Ankle arthritis is degeneration of the cartilage that covers the ends of the bones that form the ankle joint. These bones are the tibia, the fibula, and the talus. Pain typically is made worse with movement of the arthiritic ankle. The goal of ankle arthrodesis is to take the ankle bones and fuse them into one bone. This eliminates motion and reduces pain from the arthritic joint....
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