Survival of primary ankle replacements: data from global joint registries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ankle arthroplasty, commonly known as ankle replacement, is a surgical procedure for treating end-stage ankle osteoarthritis. Whilst evidence shows good clinical results after surgery, little is known of the long-term survival of ankle replacements and the need for ankle revision. Using more recent implant data and long-term data, there is now opportunity to examine at a population-level the survival rate for ankle implants, to examine between-country differences in ankle revision surgery, and to compare temporal trends in revision rates between countries.

Methods

Four national joint registries from Australia, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden provided the necessary data on revision outcome following primary ankle replacement, for various periods of observation - the

SUBMITTER: Perry TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9078004 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature