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Originally posted by widebody911
So can you explain in plain English what they did to you and why?
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I was a runner for ~15 years and wore the cartilage down in both ankles. Bone on bone caused lotsa pain. Also grew dime sized bone spurs at the ankle joint. Doc opened the joint to clean up the mating surfaces and take out spur. He then harvested a piece of bone from shin area. Chiseled a mortise out of 2 ankle bones and inserted harvested fragment from shin . Drilled through 2 ankle bones and inserted 2 screws to stabilize the joint. Takes about 3 months for fusion to happen.