[Subtalar arthrodeses and arthrodeses of the ankle joint (author's transl)].

We present a check-up study of five arthrodeses of the ankle joint and five subtalar arthrodeses. The arthrodeses of the ankle joint were indicated because of hard pains after bimalleolar fractures and fractures of the pilon tibial. Subtalar arthrodeses were indicated in posttraumatic arthritis of the calcaneus after intraarticular fractures of the calcaneus. Resection-compression-arthrodesis following Charnley was used for the ankle joint, subtalar arthrodesis was done by the technic of using a corticocancellous bone graft from the iliac crest. With an average postoperative follow-up period of four years four from five patients in every group had a good results. In cases clear indication the early arthrodesis should be preferred.