Treatment of ankle osteoarthritis: arthrodesis versus total ankle replacement
β Scribed by N. Espinosa; G. Klammer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 423 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1439-0590
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Total ankle replacement (TAR) was first attempted in the early 1970s, but poor early results lead to it being abandoned in favour of arthrodesis. Arthrodesis is not totally satisfactory, often causing further hindfoot arthritis and this has lead to a resurgence of interest in joint replacement. New
A total of 524 knees underwent a primary PCA knee arthroplasty between 1982 and 1989. Of these 415 suffered from osteoarthritis (OA) and 61 from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They were analyzed for differences regarding the outcome. Neither survivorhsip analysis nor number or type of revisons revealed