Background: Arthroscopic ankle arthrodesis (AAA) is minimally invasive surgery, whereby percutaneous screw fixation is used through the medial aspect of the distal tibia to fusion the ankle, but it carries the risk of the saphenous vein and nerve injuries. The near-infrared (NIR) vascular imaging system, the VeinViewer Flex, projects an image of the vein onto the skin, and the visualization of the vein may reduce the vein and nerve injuries. The purpose of this study is to investigate the risk of the saphenous vein injury by the percutaneous screw insertion during AAA, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the NIR vascular imaging system in the reduction of the saphenous vein injury.
Methods: Ten patients with the ankle osteoarthritis underwent AAA. Three screw insertion sites (proximal as number 1, anterior distal as number 2, and posterior distal as number 3) were marked and then the vein was depicted on the medial malleolus using the VeinViewer Flex. The distance between the screw insertion sites and the closest vein was measured. Additionally, the pattern of the vein course on the medial aspect of the distal tibia was investigated in 32 ankles using the VeinViewer Flex.
Results: The distance of number 1, 2, and 3 from the vein was 2.4 ± 1.4 mm (range from 0 to 5 mm), 6.3 ± 6.6 mm (range from 0 to 20 mm) and 3.5 ± 3.1 mm (range from 0 to 11 mm) respectively. In anterior screw insertion site, 3 of 10 cases showed just on the vein. The veins were observed at the anterior region from the center axis of the tibia more than 75% of ankles which was suspected as the greater saphenous vein with closely running of the saphenous nerve, but also other regions had the crossing vein.
Conclusions: Percutaneous screw fixation during AAA runs the risk of causing the saphenous structure injury. The NIR light imaging system is beneficial in reducing the complications of saphenous structure damage in AAA.
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