The possibility of a favourable outcome and reversibility of severe ankle joint damage on the example of a clinical observation

The problem of aseptic talus necrosis consists of the following features: a) manifestation of the disease in the form of acute articular syndrome without typical symptoms; b) inevitable serious consequences in the form of disfiguring deforming arthrosis of the ankle joint, development of gross deformities of the rearfoot, etc., resulting in disability. The lack of methods for monitoring the dynamics of the disease also plays an important role. This is particularly so with such an important issue as the substantiation of stopping immobilization and allowing the load on the foot in order to avoid collapsed talus and subsequent complications. It is believed that treatment started before radiographic changes helps to avoid severe complications, but for a number of reasons patients arrive already at the stage of late severe destructive changes. All of the above explains the high relevance of the problem of treatment of patients with aseptic talus necrosis. The importance of the presented clinical case and the value of this information can be considered several points: its  example demonstrates the possibility of early diagnosis of severe talus damage cause by aseptic necrosis; based on objective data, a substantiation was made for allowing the load on the leg with body weight in the complex of rehabilitation measures; the possibility of regression of pathological changes associated with aseptic talus necrosis and the dynamics of the course of aseptic talus necrosis with a favorable outcome were demonstrated, which is confirmed by modern research methods. Thus, the need for magnetic resonance imaging has been confirmed for all referred patients with a clinical picture of local articular syndrome in the ankle joint, the possibility of complete regression of avascular necrosis symptoms in case of conservative treatment at the early stages and the possibility of resolving the load on the leg in the complex of rehabilitation treatment have been demonstrated.

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