Table 1: Patient’s
variables.
|
Demographic
and surgical variables |
N =
18 n (%) |
|
|
Age |
<
60-years-old |
8
(44.4) |
|
>
60-years-old |
10
(55.6) |
|
|
Sex |
Male |
13
(72.2) |
|
Female |
5 (27.8) |
|
|
Cause of reconstruction |
Squamous
cell carcinoma |
15
(83.3) |
|
Others |
3
(16.7) |
|
|
Chemotherapy |
7
(38.89) |
|
|
Physical activity |
7
(38.89) |
|
|
Woundclosure |
Pimary
closure |
10
(55.6) |
|
Free
skin graft |
8
(44.4) |
|
|
Clinical variables |
|
|
|
Cold intolerance |
11
(61.1) |
|
|
Motor weakness |
10
(55.6) |
|
|
Sensitive deficit |
9 (50) |
|
|
Gait disorders |
9 (50) |
|
|
Chronic pain |
8
(44.4) |
|
|
Hallux claw toe |
6 (33.3) |
|
|
Weak dorsiflexion of the
great toe |
6 (33.3) |
|
|
Instability |
5 (27.8) |
|
|
Subjective valgus |
5 (27.8) |
|
|
Plantar flexion deficit |
4 (22.2) |
|
|
Foot edema |
3 (16.7) |
|
|
Lower limbs length discrepancy |
1 (5.6) |
|
|
Radiological variables |
|
|
|
Knee arthrosis |
17 (94.4) |
|
|
Ankle osteoporosis |
14 (77.8) |
|
|
Ankle arthrosis |
13 (72.2) |
|
|
Ipsilateral tibial deformity |
4 (22.2) |
|
|
Heterotopic ossification |
2 (11.1) |
|
|
Ipsilateral tibial spontaneous fractures |
0 (0) |
|
|
Proximal fibula migration |
0 (0) |
|