by Vince Vacketta, DPM Can surgeons predict which patients will remain stiff after TAA, and can adjunctive soft-tissue procedures meaningfully change that? In a recent retrospective review of 175 primary TAAs performed by a single surgeon from 2013–2023, Thomas et al. addressed this question by measuring postoperative motion on weight-bearing radiographs, defining dorsiflexion (DF) under 20° as limited. The mean follow-up was 3.3 years. Key finding Postoperative DF was limit

Most gait studies post-ankle surgery are performed with participants walking barefoot, which is not a realistic scenario. A notable ...

by Vince Vacketta, DPM Patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) and functional lifespan (survivorship) are the most common metrics used to...

In a small 10-patient study, Timothy R. Daniels et al. compared patients living with an ankle fusion on one side and a TAR on the other....