Will a knee replacement lead to ankle pain?
Hello
We have seen many times that one problem will always lead to another. Like how a surgery, even when it’s done perfectly will lead to other problems forming.
This week we will see if a knee replacement will lead to ankle problems.
Let’s look at the study I found
It is called “Concomitant Ankle Osteoarthritis Is Related to Increased Ankle Pain and a Worse Clinical Outcome Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.”
In the study “We retrospectively reviewed prospectively collected data of 56 patients (99 knees) treated with Total Knee replacement.”
They found that “Among these cases, concomitant ankle OA was found in 24 ankles.”
25 of the 56 people developed ankle Arthritis following a knee replacement.
They also found that “The group with ankle OA had a higher rate of increased ankle pain (38% compared with 16%) as well as a worse Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) score (mean of 22.2 compared with 14.2) following TKA.”
Those indexes are the results of a special tests we use. The worse the score the more disabled the person is.
They concluded that “A considerable proportion of patients who underwent TKA had concomitant ankle OA with reduced flexibility of the hindfoot. These patients experienced increased ankle pain following TKA and a worse clinical outcome.”
What do you think about all this?
Jason
