Reoperation Rates Following Total Ankle Arthroplasty Versus Ankle Arthrodesis for Posttraumatic Indications. 2023

Bailey J Ross, and Ian Savage-Elliott, and Victor J Wu, and Travis R Flick, and William F Sherman, and Ramon F Rodriguez
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.

This studied aimed to compare rates of reoperation for patients who received primary ankle arthrodesis (AA) versus total ankle replacement (TAR) for posttraumatic indications between 2010 and 2016 Q2 using a nationwide claims database. A retrospective cohort study analyzing patients who received primary AA or TAR for posttraumatic indications was performed using PearlDiver. Reoperations assessed included prosthetic joint infection (PJI), hardware removal, adjacent joint fusion, and local open reduction internal fixation (ORIF). Multivariable logistic regression was used to compare rates of reoperations at 1 and 2 years postdischarge. A total of 862 (74%) patients received AA and 318 (26%) patients underwent TAR for a posttraumatic indication. At 1 year, 305 (35.4%) AA patients had at least 1 reoperation compared with 55 (17.3%) TAR patients (OR 2.32; 95% CI, 1.68-3.26). At 2 years, 364 (42.2%) AA patients and 66 (20.8%) TAR patients had at least 1 reoperation (OR 2.51; 95% CI, 1.84-3.45). ORIF, hardware removal, and adjacent joint fusions were more likely for AA patients at both time intervals (all Ps < .05). Patients who received primary AA for posttraumatic indications exhibited higher rates of major reoperations in the short to medium term compared with patients who underwent TAR. Level III: Retrospective cohort study.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010351 Patient Discharge The administrative process of discharging the patient, alive or dead, from hospitals or other health facilities. Discharge Planning,Discharge Plannings,Discharge, Patient,Discharges, Patient,Patient Discharges,Planning, Discharge,Plannings, Discharge
D012086 Reoperation A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery. Revision, Joint,Revision, Surgical,Surgery, Repeat,Surgical Revision,Repeat Surgery,Revision Surgery,Joint Revision,Revision Surgeries,Surgery, Revision
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000359 Aftercare The care and treatment of a convalescent patient, especially that of a patient after surgery. After Care,After-Treatment,Follow-Up Care,Postabortal Programs,Postabortion,After Treatment,After-Treatments,Care, Follow-Up,Cares, Follow-Up,Follow Up Care,Follow-Up Cares,Postabortal Program,Program, Postabortal,Programs, Postabortal
D000842 Ankle The region of the lower limb between the FOOT and the LEG. Tarsus,Regio tarsalis,Ankles
D000843 Ankle Joint The joint that is formed by the inferior articular and malleolar articular surfaces of the TIBIA; the malleolar articular surface of the FIBULA; and the medial malleolar, lateral malleolar, and superior surfaces of the TALUS. Ankle Syndesmosis,Articulatio talocruralis,Distal Tibiofibular Joint,Inferior Tibiofibular Joint,Talocrural Joint,Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmosis,Tibiofibular Syndesmosis,Ankle Joints,Ankle Syndesmoses,Ankle Syndesmosis, Tibiofibular,Distal Tibiofibular Joints,Inferior Tibiofibular Joints,Joint, Ankle,Joints, Ankle,Syndesmosis, Ankle,Talocrural Joints,Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmoses,Tibiofibular Joint, Distal,Tibiofibular Syndesmoses
D001174 Arthrodesis The surgical fixation of a joint by a procedure designed to accomplish fusion of the joint surfaces by promoting the proliferation of bone cells. (Dorland, 28th ed) Arthrodeses
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D058737 Arthroplasty, Replacement, Ankle Replacement of the ANKLE JOINT. Ankle Replacement Arthroplasty,Total Ankle Replacement,Ankle Replacement Arthroplasties,Ankle Replacement, Total,Ankle Replacements, Total,Arthroplasties, Ankle Replacement,Arthroplasty, Ankle Replacement,Replacement Arthroplasties, Ankle,Replacement Arthroplasty, Ankle,Replacement, Total Ankle,Replacements, Total Ankle,Total Ankle Replacements

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