Publications by authors named "Jean-Raphael Laurent"

Purpose: The possibility to return to sporting activity can be an important consideration in the decision-making process in femorotibial osteoarthritis. We analyzed functional outcomes and sport participation in a continuous series of HTO and asked whether this procedure could match expectations in active and motivated patients.

Methods: We retrospectively investigated activities, sports participation, and the level of satisfaction in 139 patients with unilateral noncomplicated HTO.

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Background: Despite the appearance of new-generation, mobile-bearing, cementless prostheses, total ankle arthroplasty remains controversial. Among the criteria guiding the choice between arthrodesis and arthroplasty, the long-term survival and postoperative function are of critical importance. The mobile-bearing Salto prosthesis has been used in Europe since 1997, but only 2 to 5 years of followup data have been reported.

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To analyze the morphology of the tibial plateau, we studied 100 computed tomographic scans of arthritic knees and measured the mediolateral (ML) and anteroposterior (AP) dimensions as well as their aspect ratio using 3 reference axes of rotation: transepicondylar axis (TEA), posterior tibial margin (PTM), and anterior tibial tuberosity (ATT) axis. Relative to the TEA, the PTM was internally rotated by 1.6° ± 5.

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Background: The return to sporting activities after ankle arthroplasty has rarely been evaluated. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate function and return to sports after total ankle arthroplasty.

Materials And Methods: One hundred seventy-nine Salto Total Ankle Arthroplasties (TAA) were implanted between 1997 and 2005.

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