Results of subtalar arthrodesis performed by the Batchelor method were
reviewed in thirty-four feet of twenty-two patients who had an average
follow-up of thirty-nine months. The pseudarthrosis rate was 41 per cent,
which is considerably higher than that reported for the Grice
extra-articular arthrodesis. Three feet had a recurrence of deformity later
than one year postoperatively. Two factors seemed related to the high
incidence of pseudarthrosis: the parallelism of the axis of the graft to
the axis of the subtalar joint and the cortical nature of the graft.