Complications after ankle replacement
Hello
The last step anyone takes to resolve their ankle pain is to have an ankle replacement.
And yes. You might have already heard of hip and knee replacements, but they also offer ankle replacements too.
This week’s article will look athow often complications occur for those who choose to have an ankle replacement.
The name of study that looks at this is called “Impact of Complications in Total Ankle Replacement and Ankle Arthrodesis Analyzed with a Validated Outcome Measurement”.
In the study they “performed radiographic evaluations at a mean of thirty-nine months following 114 total ankle replacements done with use of commonly used implants and at a mean of thirty-seven months following forty-seven ankle arthrodesis.”
They found that “The complication rate was 54% following total ankle replacement and 26% following ankle arthrodesis, which was a significant difference.”
That is extremely high!
They concluded that “the outcomes of total ankle replacement and ankle arthrodesis, regarding pain relief and function, were comparable. While the rate of complications was significantly higher following total ankle replacement, the impact of complications on outcome was clinically relevant in both groups.”
With a chance to get a complication being 54%, would you want to risk that?
Or would you like to try something different?
Jason
