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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 86-B, Issue 5 | Pages 777 - 778
1 Jul 2004
ROBINSON DE WINSON IG HARRIES WJ KELLY AJ


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 85-B, Issue 7 | Pages 989 - 993
1 Sep 2003
Robinson DE Winson IG Harries WJ Kelly AJ

We reviewed, retrospectively, 65 patients who had undergone arthroscopic treatment for osteochondral lesions of the talus. The 46 men and 19 women with a mean age at operation of 34.25 years, were followed up for a mean of 3.5 years. The medial aspect was affected in 45 patients and the lateral aspect in 20. All the lateral lesions and 35 (75%) of the medial lesions were traumatic in origin. Medial lesions presented later than lateral lesions (3 v 1.5 years) and had a much greater incidence of cystic change (46% v 8%).

At follow-up, 34 patients had achieved a good result, and 17 and 14 fair and poor results, respectively. Of the 14 poor results, 13 involved medial lesions. Cystic lesions had a poor outcome in 53% of patients. Excision and curettage led to better results than excision and drilling of the base. Further arthroscopic surgery for patients with a poor result was disappointing. There was no association between outcome and the patient’s age.


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 79-B, Issue 4 | Pages 650 - 652
1 Jul 1997
Buckingham RA Winson IG Kelly AJ

We describe a medial midline portal between the tendons of extensor hallucis longus and tibialis anterior for arthroscopy of the ankle. We dissected 20 cadaver specimens to compare the risk of neurovascular injury using this approach with that of using standard arthroscopic portals. Compared with the anterocentral portal, the medial midline was a mean of 11.2 mm further from the nearest branch of the superficial peroneal nerve and 10.3 mm further from the dorsalis pedis artery.

This portal allows good access to the joint surface and intra-articular structures and has a lower risk of injury to the dorsalis pedis artery, deep peroneal nerve or the medial branch of the superficial peroneal nerve.