Management of Ankle Arthritis After Severe Ankle Trauma

OBJECTIVES: There are still unanswered questions about the best treatment options for ankle arthritis after severe lower leg trauma. This study compared results in outcomes and complications for 3 groups.

DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study case-control study.

SETTING: Single institution.

PATIENTS: Three groups of 100 surgeries.

INTERVENTION: Patients underwent an ankle fusion using anterior plate, total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) for primary osteoarthritis (OA), or a TAA for post-traumatic arthritis (PTA).

MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: Veterans Rand 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12), Ankle Osteoarthritis Scale, Visual Analog Pain Scale, and the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Hindfoot score were collected preoperatively and at subsequent postoperative appointments. A patient satisfaction survey was also distributed to each patient postoperatively.

RESULTS: Although all scores improved from preoperative to latest postoperative, the total ankle for PTA consistently resulted in the best postoperative outcomes. Patient satisfaction survey indicated 26% of fusion, 55% of TAA-OA, and 63% of TAA-PTA experienced very good to excellent pain relief. The overall satisfaction was found to be 92.5% for the TAA-PTA patients, 90.5% for the TAA-OA patients, and 84% for the fusion patients. Revision surgeries included 2 from the TAA-OA group, 2 from the TAA-PTA group, and 1 fusion patient.

CONCLUSIONS: Results of comparing 3 groups who underwent an ankle fusion or a TAA demonstrate improvement in pain (P < 0.001), physical quality of life (P < 0.001), and activity (P < 0.001) and resulted in a high level of patient satisfaction.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34 Suppl 1

Enthalten in:

Journal of orthopaedic trauma - 34 Suppl 1(2020) vom: 15. Feb., Seite S26-S31

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Coetzee, J Chris [VerfasserIn]
McGaver, Rebecca S [VerfasserIn]
Seiffert, Kayla J [VerfasserIn]
Giveans, M Russell [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 21.06.2021

Date Revised 21.06.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/BOT.0000000000001697

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM305383051