Biomaterial Database

Complications in ankle and foot arthroscopy. 2013

Michael J Carlson, and Richard D Ferkel

Southern California Orthopedic Institute, Van Nuys, CA 91405, USA.

Arthroscopy has many potential complications, whether it is done in the ankle, shoulder, knee, or other joints. Foot and ankle arthroscopy has progressed significantly since its beginning by Burman in 1931. Over the past 2 decades, arthroscopy equipment and instrumentation has improved and newer techniques have been developed. A heightened interest in foot and ankle arthroscopy has grown as diagnostic and imaging capabilities have improved. As the number of arthroscopic procedures of the foot and ankle has increased, so has the opportunity for significant complications.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007592	Joint Diseases	Diseases involving the JOINTS.	Arthropathies,Arthropathy,Joint Disease
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000843	Ankle Joint	The joint that is formed by the inferior articular and malleolar articular surfaces of the TIBIA; the malleolar articular surface of the FIBULA; and the medial malleolar, lateral malleolar, and superior surfaces of the TALUS.	Ankle Syndesmosis,Articulatio talocruralis,Distal Tibiofibular Joint,Inferior Tibiofibular Joint,Talocrural Joint,Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmosis,Tibiofibular Syndesmosis,Ankle Joints,Ankle Syndesmoses,Ankle Syndesmosis, Tibiofibular,Distal Tibiofibular Joints,Inferior Tibiofibular Joints,Joint, Ankle,Joints, Ankle,Syndesmosis, Ankle,Talocrural Joints,Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmoses,Tibiofibular Joint, Distal,Tibiofibular Syndesmoses
D001182	Arthroscopy	Endoscopic examination, therapy and surgery of the joint.	Arthroscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Arthroscopic,Arthroscopic Surgery,Surgery, Arthroscopic,Arthroscopic Surgeries,Arthroscopic Surgical Procedure,Arthroscopies,Procedure, Arthroscopic Surgical,Procedures, Arthroscopic Surgical,Surgeries, Arthroscopic,Surgical Procedure, Arthroscopic
D033023	Foot Joints	The articulations extending from the ANKLE distally to the TOES. These include the ANKLE JOINT; TARSAL JOINTS; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; and TOE JOINT.	Intermetatarsal Joint,Articulationes pedis,Foot Joint,Intermetatarsal Joints,Joint, Foot,Joint, Intermetatarsal,Joints, Foot,Joints, Intermetatarsal