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Open procedures to manage the surgical treatment of ankle arthritis have been considered the gold standard, limiting ankle arthroscopic procedures to providing articular disorders balance and to debriding the joint. Gradually, different surgical techniques have appeared in several studies trying to realize techniques less invasive and less invalidating for the joint. Therefore, the past two decades have shown a great increase of popularity and utilization of ankle fusion performed by arthroscopic procedures, with many studies aiming to demonstrate its advantages compared with open surgery, indications, and contraindications. Thus, arthroscopy has been confirmed as a reliable procedure: the analysis between arthroscopic and open ankle fusion has even revealed a statistically significant reduction of cost differences for total charges, reimbursement to the surgeon, and reimbursement to the hospital in cases of outpatient procedures.
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Allegra, F., Corsini, G., Pizza, G., Zannoni, R., Billi, A. (2020). Arthroscopic Assisted Ankle Fusion by Retrograde Intramedullary Nail. In: Allegra, F., Cortese, F., Lijoi, F. (eds) Ankle Joint Arthroscopy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29231-7_24
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