Re: Triple Arthrodesis question

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I still have my hardware. When it is cold outside boy do I feel

it. Hope all goes well with the removal.

In a message dated 12/2/2010 4:18:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

susanthesheep@... writes:

I have a triple arthrodesis (+ many other things!) performed on my poor

left foot last March. The surgery was a great success, totally alleviating the

incredible pain I was getting before the surgery. However, I have a weird

bone pain since the surgery, and me and my surgeon have decided to remove

the hardware in January, to see if for some reason the pins/screws/staples

are causing the pain. Has anyone else had hardware removal after triple

arthrodesis, and what was the reason for it? What was the recovery period

after surgery, and are you glad you had it done?

Thanks!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I had a triple arthrodesis done ~25 years ago, along with arch lowering, heel

cord lengthening, and toe straightening. I don't recall the doctor saying that

he put any hardware in the ankles. I did have pins in two toes on each foot

that were removed after a few months. My impression was that he just fused the

ankle bones together, but I was young, so I might have gotten it wrong. I did

not have PT afterward and one of my ankles has a tendency to 'lock' and not be

flexible. When that happens it is extremely painful. That ankle also swells to

twice the size of the other in the summer or when it's damp. I'll have to go

back and find my records and see if it says anything about hardware.

I had the left foot done in July, and the right one done in September, at which

point they gave me a walking cast on the left. In December they gave me a

walking cast on the right and split the one on the left so I could wean myself

off of it. In February they split the right cast. I can't remember how long I

kept that cast. Of course, that was all in 1985 and things may have changed

since then.

I don't know why they did not have me do PT, except that I lived an hour from

the hospital and maybe b/c I was 21 and they figured I'd heal fine. If I had it

done now, I would insist on having PT.

Good luck with your hardware removal!

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> I have a triple arthrodesis (+ many other things!) performed on my poor left

foot last March. The surgery was a great success, totally alleviating the

incredible pain I was getting before the surgery. However, I have a weird bone

pain since the surgery, and me and my surgeon have decided to remove the

hardware in January, to see if for some reason the pins/screws/staples are

causing the pain. Has anyone else had hardware removal after triple

arthrodesis, and what was the reason for it? What was the recovery period after

surgery, and are you glad you had it done?

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> Thanks!!!

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