The Agility Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Concise Follow-up at a Minimum of 20 Years. 2021

Nicholas Bedard, and Charles L Saltzman, and Taylor Den Hartog, and Samuel Carlson, and John Callaghan, and Greg Alvine, and Frank Alvine
Orthopedics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.

Between 1984 and 1994, a single surgeon performed 132 primary cementless total ankle replacements using the Agility total arthroplasty system. The purpose of this study was to report on the 20-year follow-up, which we believe is the first study with this length of follow-up. Living patients were contacted and interviewed to determine the status of their implant (revised or unrevised) and to answer a simple questionnaire concerning overall satisfaction, pain, and functional improvement, as in a previous study. Thirty-three (26.2%) patients with 33 (25%) ankles of the original series were alive at a minimum of 20 years postoperatively, with a median follow-up of 22 years. They were asked to return to the office for standing anteroposterior and lateral ankle and foot radiographs or to send these radiographs if performed elsewhere. Radiographs were evaluated for radiolucencies around the components and subsidence (talar component) or migration (tibial component) of components. Seventeen (13.5%) ankles of the 126 available for follow-up, including 5 (15.2%) ankles in living patients, had undergone revision (n = 10) or arthrodesis (n = 7) for loosening. One additional ankle was revised for infection and 1 for talar component malposition; thus, 19 (15.1%) ankles were revised. These results should provide a 20-year benchmark for newer total ankle arthroplasty designs when a similar length of follow-up becomes available. Level III, retrospective cohort study.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007595 Joint Prosthesis Prostheses used to partially or totally replace a human or animal joint. (from UMDNS, 1999) Joint Prostheses,Prostheses, Joint,Prosthesis, Joint
D011474 Prosthesis Design The plan and delineation of prostheses in general or a specific prosthesis. Design, Prosthesis,Designs, Prosthesis,Prosthesis Designs
D011475 Prosthesis Failure Malfunction of implantation shunts, valves, etc., and prosthesis loosening, migration, and breaking. Prosthesis Loosening,Prosthesis Durability,Prosthesis Migration,Prosthesis Survival,Durabilities, Prosthesis,Durability, Prosthesis,Failure, Prosthesis,Failures, Prosthesis,Loosening, Prosthesis,Loosenings, Prosthesis,Migration, Prosthesis,Migrations, Prosthesis,Prosthesis Durabilities,Prosthesis Failures,Prosthesis Loosenings,Prosthesis Migrations,Prosthesis Survivals,Survival, Prosthesis,Survivals, Prosthesis
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
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000842 Ankle The region of the lower limb between the FOOT and the LEG. Tarsus,Regio tarsalis,Ankles
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
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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