• Ankle Arthrodesis
  • Triple Arthrodesis
  • Pantalar Arthrodesis
  • Talar /Calcaneal Fractures
  • Tibiotalarcalcaneal Arthrodesis
  • Talonavicular Arthrodesis
  • Medial Double
  • Subtalar Joint Arthrodesis
  • Calcaneal Osteotomies +/- Tendon Repair
  • Midfoot Arthrodesis/Fracture

-You will be in a posterior splint following surgery. Follow up to the office 5-7 days after surgery. Keep the postoperative dressing dry. Elevate and ice the leg for comfort. Your dressing will be changed and you will be placed back in the posterior splint.

-After the sutures are removed at your 2 week appointment you will be placed in a fiberglass cast for 3 weeks and will be completely non-weightbearing. No weightbearing activities are allowed: no walking, standing, or balancing on the cast. Crutches, a walker, knee scooter or a wheelchair is needed.

-You will return to clinic to have your cast removed and placed back into a fiberglass cast for another 3 weeks and will be completely non-weight bearing. No weightbearing activities are allowed: no walking, standing, or balancing on the cast. Crutches, a walker, knee scooter or a wheelchair is needed.

-At your next visit the cast will be removed and you will be placed in a boot walker for 4-6 weeks. This begins a gradual increase to full weight bearing as pain and swelling allow. The boot is taken on and off to shower and sleep. Range of motion is encouraged when the boot is removed when you are non-weight bearing. You will be given a compression stocking to help alleviate swelling.

-You will then be prescribed 4-6 weeks of physical therapy which will increase your strength, motion and flexibility.

We would like to provide you with some information that you may find helpful while planning for and recovering from your surgery with Dr. Donovan.