by Vince Vacketta, DPM One of the long-proposed advantages of TAA over ankle arthrodesis (AA) has been the preservation of adjacent-joint motion and protection of the subtalar joint. But does that theoretical benefit hold up in practice? Examining the evidence In a recent Level III retrospective matched cohort analysis, researchers examined data from 4,210 patients to compare rates of progression to subtalar arthrodesis after TAA versus AA. The two groups were matched for age

The incidence of a prosthetic joint infection (PJI) in primary total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) has been reported as 2.4%, according to a...

Some patients report poor health-related quality of life after undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA). Gustafsson et al. conducted a...