An unusual complication of an ankle arthroscopy and its management.

Abstract

This report describes a case of a routine ankle arthroscopy which went awfully wrong. In trying to excise a loose body the surgeon had excised the distal fibula. A reasonable solution to the problem now facing the patient would have been an ankle fusion. The authors, however, performed an osteoarticular fibular grafting. At 34 months, this has been a success so far clinically and radiologically. Both the complication and its treatment have not been described before.