Unit of Foot and Ankle
Specialists in the study, diagnosis, and application of surgical techniques for foot surgery.
Treatment of post-traumatic injury sequelae
When we talk about sequelae in post-traumatic injuries of the foot and ankle, we refer to all those complications directly associated with the injury. These sequelae can be vascular, neurological, or muscular-tendinous.
It is difficult to list all the post-traumatic sequelae that may occur and need to be detected and treated. Examples of these post-traumatic injury sequelae may include:
Nonunion is the delay in the healing (or consolidation) of a fracture. Treatment should be surgical.
The treatment of an infection following a traumatic injury should be individualized, but broadly, it will involve antibiotic administration combined with a surgical intervention to clean the area and remove the osteosynthesis material.
If a fracture heals with bone deviation, it will cause improper function of the neighboring joints, leading to problems in the short or long term. The solution to this complication will require corrective surgery.
Fractures can cause a lack of joint mobility, which can be treated with rehabilitation. In more severe cases, joint release will be necessary to regain movement. This surgery, called arthrolysis, can often be performed using arthroscopic surgery.
Fractures can lead to degeneration of the joint that the fractured bone is part of. This osteoarthritis will cause pain, which, depending on the intensity, will require surgery, either joint fixation or arthrodesis, or joint replacement or arthroplasty.
