Designed to facilitate tibiotalar arthrodesis in order to treat severe deformities, arthritis, instability and skeletal defects of the foot and ankle after resection of tumors, including neurosin-osteoarthropathy (charcot foot), avascular necrosis of the talus, failure of joint replacement, ankle fusion failure, no joints in distal tibia fractures, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and pseudoarthrosis.