Paediatria Croatica, Vol. 62 No. 3, 2018.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.13112/PC.2018.17
Ankle arthroscopy in children and adolescents
Damjan Dimnjaković
orcid.org/0000-0002-4236-9637
; KBC Zagreb
Krešimir Tućin
Tomislav Smoljanović
Ivan Bojanić
Abstract
Today, ankle arthroscopy is a common surgical procedure that is constantly increasing. The aim of this study was to determine the
proportion of ankle arthroscopy in children and adolescents in the total number of arthroscopic interventions on the ankle and to
determine whether there was a diff erence in indications for the procedure between the paediatric and adult populations. Manual
search of operating room logs from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Centre, was performed for
a fi ve-year period. During this period, 533 patients underwent ankle arthroscopy, 90 of them younger than 18 years at the time of
surgery. Patients’ medical history data were reviewed and recorded by a physician not involved in their care. Two leading indications
for ankle arthroscopy in the paediatric population were the anterolateral ankle impingement syndrome and osteochondral lesion of
the talus. This diff ered from the adult population, where the anterior impingement syndrome was the most frequent diagnosis. The
perioperative period was uneventful in all 90 ankle arthroscopies in the paediatric population, whereas two complications were
observed during the early postoperative period. Based on the results of our research, we can conclude that ankle arthroscopy is a safe
and eff ective surgical method to treat miscellaneous ankle disorders in the paediatric population. It should be emphasized that a
diff erence exists in the leading indications for ankle arthroscopy between the paediatric and adult populations.
Keywords
ANKLE; ARTHROSCOPY; CHILDREN; ADOLESCENTS
Hrčak ID:
216972
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Publication date:
25.9.2018.
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