Early experience and patient-reported outcomes of 503 INFINITY total ankle arthroplasties.

Aims: This is a multicentre, non-inventor, prospective observational study of 503 INFINITY fixed bearing total ankle arthroplasties (TAAs). We report our early experience, complications, and radiological and functional outcomes.

Methods: Patients were recruited from 11 specialist centres between June 2016 and November 2019.

Total ankle arthroplasty.

Aims: We report the medium-term outcomes of a consecutive series of 118 Zenith total ankle arthroplasties (TAAs) from a single, non-designer centre.

Methods: Between December 2010 and May 2016, 118 consecutive Zenith prostheses were implanted in 114 patients. Demographic, clinical, and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) data were collected.

COVID-19 consent and return to elective orthopaedic surgery: allowing a true patient choice?

Aims: The exact risk to patients undergoing surgery who develop COVID-19 is not yet fully known. This study aims to provide the current data to allow adequate consent regarding the risks of post-surgery COVID-19 infection and subsequent COVID-19-related mortality.

Methods: All orthopaedic trauma cases at the Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust from 'lockdown' (23 March 2020) to date (15 June 2020) were collated and split into three groups.

Silastic first metatarsophalangeal joint arthroplasty for the treatment of end-stage hallux rigidus.

Aims: Arthroplasty for end-stage hallux rigidus (HR) is controversial. Arthrodesis remains the gold standard for surgical treatment, although is not without its complications, with rates of up to 10% for nonunion, 14% for reoperation and 10% for metatarsalgia. The aim of this study was to analyze the outcome of a double-stemmed silastic implant (Wright-Medical, Memphis, Tennessee, USA) for patients with end-stage HR.

Clinical and patient-reported outcomes following Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (LIPUS, Exogen) for established post-traumatic and post-surgical nonunion in the foot and ankle.

Background: Biophysical methods including Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (LIPUS) are emerging as potential alternatives to revision surgery for treating established nonunions. We aim to prospectively review the clinical and patient-reported outcomes of patients treated with LIPUS following post-traumatic and post-surgical nonunions in the foot and ankle.

Methods: Forty-seven consecutive patients underwent Exogen treatment.

Platelet rich plasma versus corticosteroid injection for plantar fasciitis: A comparative study.

Introduction: Intractable plantar fasciitis can be a difficult condition to treat. Early results of platelet rich plasma (PRP) injection have been promising. We compared PRP to traditional cortisone injection in the treatment of chronic cases of plantar fasciitis resistant to traditional nonoperative management.

Clopidogrel: is a surgical delay necessary in fractured neck of femur?

Introduction: This paper assesses the outcomes of patients after surgery for a proximal femur fracture while on clopidogrel. It describes a single-centre retrospective observational study over a two-year period.

Patients And Methods: A total of 31 surgical patients were included in this study.

The present state of ankle arthroplasty.

Background: Total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) is being carried out with increasing frequency and manufacturers are releasing new implant designs each year.

Methods: We comment on the various designs and the outcome of the procedure as reported in the literature. No results have so far been published on the majority of the more recent designs and where outcome data are available, the follow up period is very short.

The use of a local anesthetic foot block in patients undergoing outpatient bony forefoot surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial.

Foot blocks are known to prolong postoperative pain relief. Consequently, their use has been extended to patients having outpatient surgery, despite little evidence to show improved patient satisfaction. Indeed, patients having outpatient surgery actually may be less satisfied because they will first experience pain at home on the first postoperative night, which may be more severe than anticipated.