Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 8/2013

01-08-2013 | Clinical Faceoff

Ankle Arthrodesis Versus Ankle Replacement for Ankle Arthritis

Author: Judith F. Baumhauer, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 8/2013

Login to get access

Excerpt

Ankle arthritis is nine-times less common than hip or knee arthritis [2]. When ankle arthritis does occur, it causes pain and severe disability. Ankle arthritis is as physically debilitating as end stage renal disease, congestive heart failure, cervical spine arthritis, and radiculopathy [5]. The treatment options for severe ankle arthritis have changed during the past 10 to 15 years. Currently, treatment options include ankle arthrodesis and total ankle replacement. There remains considerable controversy about the benefits of each procedure, and important questions about which patients might benefit from one approach more than the other. …
Literature
1.
Courville XF, Hecht PJ, Tosteson AN. Is total ankle arthroplasty a cost-effective alternative to ankle fusion? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011;469:1721–1727.PubMedCrossRef
2.
Cushnaghan J, Dieppe P. Study of 500 patients with limb joint osteoarthritis. I. Analysis by age, sex, and distribution of symptomatic joint sites. Ann Rheum Dis. 1991;50:8–13.PubMedCrossRef
3.
Hahn ME, Wright ES, Segal AD, Orendurff MS, Ledoux WR, Sangeorzan BJ. Comparative gait analysis of ankle arthrodesis and arthroplasty: initial findings of a prospective study. Foot Ankle Int. 2012;33:282–289.PubMedCrossRef
4.
Saltzman CL, Mann RA, Ahrens JE, Amendola A, Anderson RB, Berlet GC, Brodsky JW, Chou LB, Clanton TO, Deland JT, Deorio JK, Horton GA, Lee TH, Mann JA, Nunley JA, Thordarson DB, Walling AK, Wapner KL, Coughlin MJ. Prospective controlled trial of STAR total ankle replacement versus ankle fusion: initial results. Foot Ankle Int. 2009;30:579–596.PubMedCrossRef
5.
Saltzman CL, Zimmerman MB, O’Rourke M, Brown TD, Buckwalter JA, Johnston R. Impact of comorbidities on the measurement of health in patients with ankle osteoarthritis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006;88:2366–2372.PubMedCrossRef
Metadata
Title
Ankle Arthrodesis Versus Ankle Replacement for Ankle Arthritis
Author
Judith F. Baumhauer, MD
Publication date
01-08-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 8/2013
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-013-3084-6

Other articles of this Issue 8/2013

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 8/2013 Go to the issue

Symposium: Childhood Obesity and Musculoskeletal Problems

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Does Incisional Wound VAC after Major Hip Surgery in Obese Pediatric Patients Reduce Wound Infection and Scar Formation? A Pilot Study

Editor's Spotlight/Take 5

Editor's Spotlight/Take 5: Nano-ceramic Composite Scaffolds for Bioreactor-based Bone Engineering

Orthopaedic Case of the Month

Orthopaedic Case of the Month: A 62-year-old Woman With Neck Pain and Neurologic Findings

Symposium: Nanoscience in Musculoskeletal Medicine

A Silver Ion-doped Calcium Phosphate-based Ceramic Nanopowder-coated Prosthesis Increased Infection Resistance

Symposium: Advanced Hip Arthroscopy

Surgical Technique: Endoscopic Gluteus Maximus Tendon Release for External Snapping Hip Syndrome

Symposium: Advanced Hip Arthroscopy

Novel CT-based Three-dimensional Software Improves the Characterization of Cam Morphology