Nov 27, 2023
Ankle arthritis that develops after fracture
accounts for a significant portion of ankle arthritis necessitating
total ankle arthroplasty (TAA). It remains unknown whether TAA in
postfracture patients produces equivalent outcomes to those without
fracture history. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the
medium-term outcomes of TAA in postfracture ankle arthritis
compared to those without fracture history.
In conclusion, in this single-center,
retrospective comparative study, we found total ankle arthroplasty
in patients with a history of fractures around the ankle joint had
no evidence of statistical difference in patient-reported outcomes
and implant survivorship but led to a higher rate of nonrevision
reoperation following surgery. In the much smaller subset of
patients with previous fracture, we did not find that those with a
history of intraarticular fracture had inferior outcomes after TAA
when compared to those with a history of extraarticular fracture.
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