Triple fusion - operative considerations

PATIENT POSITIONING: supine with ipsilateral sandbag

TOURNIQUET: Thigh

ANAESTHESIA: general

NERVE BLOCK: femoral and sciatic

KIT REQUIRED: Wright Charlotte staples, DePuy Ace large fragment screws, Hibs and fine Lambotts osteotomes, 5mm high speed bone burr, smooth & broad ended laminar spreader