Outcomes of Total Ankle Replacement with Preoperative Varus Deformity.

Historically, coronal plane deformities of greater than 10° to 15° have been deemed contraindications for total ankle replacement (TAR). However, recent studies show satisfactory results in TAR with severe preoperative varus deformity. When correctly applying ancillary procedures, preoperative varus deformity can be structurally corrected, resulting in similar clinical scores to those obtained with "regular TAR.

Long-term Follow-up of 254 Ceramic Coated Implant (CCI) Evolution Total Ankle Replacements.

Background: The ceramic coated implant (CCI) Evolution was a third-generation implant design used in approximately 2000 total ankle replacements (TARs) between 2003 and 2016. Because this implant was abandoned, long-term follow-up studies are lacking.

Methods: All patients undergoing TAR using a CCI prosthesis between 2004 and 2012 were included for analysis.

Medial malleolar osteotomy for the correction of tibiotalar varus deformity during total ankle arthroplasty: Results in 95 ankles.

Background: The importance of deformity correction before or during total ankle replacement (TAR) has been recognized for a long time. Our results of TAR, combined with medial malleolar lengthening osteotomy, for the reconstruction of osteoarthritic ankles with varus deformity are hereby reported.

Methods: All ankles in which a medial malleolar osteotomy was performed during implantation of an ankle prosthesis during the period 1998-2018 were filtered out of our database.

Ten-year revision rates of contemporary total ankle arthroplasties equal 22%. A meta-analysis.

Background: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence criterion for hip replacements is a (projected) revision rate of less than 5% after 10 years. No such criterion is available for ankle prostheses. The objective of the current study is to compare survival rates of contemporary primary ankle prostheses to the hip-benchmark.