Early Outcomes and Complications Following Initiation of a Total Ankle Arthroplasty Program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgeons who lack experience with total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) may remain hesitant to introduce this procedure owing to previously published results of high complication rates during initial cases. The purpose of the present study was to report the development of a TAA program through intermediate outcomes and complications for an initial consecutive series of TAA patients of a single community-based foot and ankle fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon with little TAA experience using a co-surgeon with similar training and TAA exposure.

Methods

The initial 20 patients following third-generation TAA with a single surgeon were reviewed. Clinical outcomes were measured and radiographs were evaluated to determine postoperative implant and ankle position. Complicatio

SUBMITTER: Lundeen G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8702896 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature