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The movement and flexibility of your foot involves three joints - the subtalar, the calcaneocuboid and the talo-navicular joints. Patients with painful arthritis or a deformity in these joints may benefit from triple fusion.

What happens during triple fusion?

Triple fusion is usually performed under general anaesthetic. Your surgeon will make 2 incisions (cuts) - one on the outside and one on the inside of your foot. They will remove and clean the surfaces of the three joints. Using screws or staples they will compress the joints in the correct position to encourage fusion (joining together). Any deformity may be corrected using a bone graft. You wounds will be closed using stitches or staples and a plaster cast will be applied.

The day after your surgery a physiotherapist will visit you to help you out of bed and begin to move around on your own.

You will need to use crutches and may not be allowed to put any weight on your operated foot when walking. You will not be able to drive until released to do so by your surgeon. Please arrange for someone to take you home on the day of discharge.

Going home after triple fusion

You will need to rest and elevate your foot. You may need to take blood thinning medication to prevent blood clots (deep vein thrombosis).

You will need to return to us for a follow-up appointment. We will check your wounds, remove and stitches or staples and change your plaster cast. We will advise you when you can begin to bear weight on your foot.

More follow-up visits will be needed for x-rays to confirm fusion has taken place. You may be given a removable boot to replace your cast.

You will not be able to drive until you are no longer wearing a cast or boot. Patients operated on their left foot may be able to drive an automatic. Check with your insurance on your coverage after surgery.

You may need to continue wearing a boot and using crutches until you are advised by your surgeon.

The flexibility in your foot when walking on uneven surfaces will be limited following triple fusion. There will also be reduced mobility in the up and down movement of your foot. Your surgeon may prescribe physiotherapy once you are out of your boot.

Find out more about Triple Fusion

Triple Fusion consultants at Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's Hospital

Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's Hospital

38 Giltspur Street, London, EC1A 7BS

020 3386 9000

There are several bus stops within walking distance of the hospital. The closest rail and tube stations are City Thameslink - 5 min walk, Barbican - 5 min walk, Elizabeth line at Farringdon - 3 min walk. Car parking is available in Smithfield Car Park nearby.

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