Table 1.
Comparison of the results of this study with the existing literature on tibiocalcaneal arthrodesis
| Authors | Patients | Number with infection | Time spent in fixator (months) |
Consolidation | Consolidation in cases of infection | Mean AOFAS score (max 86) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson et al. 1992 [3] | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | Not calculated |
| Zarutsky et al. 2005 [7] | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | Not calculated |
| Rochmann et al. 2008 [13] | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 65 (range 44–77) |
| El-Alfy et al. 2010 [8] | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 76 (range 78–74) |
| Khanfour et al. 2012 [2] | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 78 (range 70–85) |
| Kugan et al. 2013 [18] | 12 | ? | ? | 8 | ? | Not calculated |
| This study | 19 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 9 | – |
| 7a | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 53 (range 25–68)a |
aThe AOFAS score was calculated from the seven patients in whom the score could be determined