Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Classification of clinical and radiological results according to the study by Inan et al. [22]
Clinical results | |
|---|---|
Excellent | Unrestricted activity |
Contact sports | |
No LLD | |
No pain | |
No restriction of ankle and subtalar motion | |
Good | Noncontact sports |
LLD 2.5–4 cm | |
Shoe modification compensates for limping | |
Mild pain | |
Slight restriction of ankle and subtalar motion | |
Fair | No sports |
LLD 4—5 cm | |
Moderate pain | |
Restriction of ankle and subtalar motion | |
Poor | Crutches for walking |
LLD > 5 cm | |
Severe restriction or no ankle and subtalar motion | |
Radiological results | |
|---|---|
Excellent | Radiographic union of pseudoarthrosis |
No axial malalignment in sagittal and coronal planes | |
No ankle valgus | |
No deformity in calcaneus > 30 degrees | |
No LLD | |
Good | Healed pseudoarthrosis |
Axial malalignment 1–7 degrees in coronal or sagittal plane | |
Valgus 1–5 degrees | |
Calcaneal pitch (30–60 degrees) | |
LLD 2.5–4 cm | |
Fair | Axial malalignment > 7 degrees in coronal or sagittal plane |
Ankle valgus > 8 degrees | |
Calcaneal pitch > 60 degrees | |
LLD 4–5 cm | |
Poor | Persistent pseudoarthrosis |