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Treatment of Ankle Osteoarthritis with Total Ankle Replacement Through a Lateral Transfibular Approach
Published on: January 24, 2018
Total ankle arthroplasty results using fixed bearing CT-guided patient specific implants in posttraumatic versus
Assaf Albagli1, Susan Mengxiao Ge2, Patrick Park3
1Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Background:
Patients who undergo total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) for end-stage posttraumatic ankle osteoarthritis have previously reported more complications and lower satisfaction than those with non-traumatic etiologies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinical and radiographic outcomes in these two patient groups after TAA using a newer generation implant.
Methods:
Patients underwent TAA with a third generation implant using CT-based patient-specific cutting guides. Patients were evaluated clinically using the Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM) and radiographically at a mean follow up of 32, and 24 months respectively.
Results:
Forty-one patients were studied (26 posttraumatic, 15 nontraumatic). There were no significant differences between the two study groups in FAAM scores (p=0.3423) and radiographic measurements.
Conclusion:
We were able to show comparable results in terms of patient satisfaction, short term clinical and radiographic results between traumatic and nontraumatic patients using newer patient specific implant systems.
