Table 5 Complications: total ankle replacement or arthrodesis
Author | n of ankles | Complications | Failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perioperative fracture (n) | Wound healing problems (n) | Postoperative fracture (n) | Deep infection (n) | Reoperation due to implant removal (TAA) or non-union (arthrodesis)(n) | ||
TAA | ||||||
van der Heide et al. | 56 | 29% (16) | 5% (3) | - | 4% (2) | 9% (5) |
Schutte et al.* | 29 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nelissen et al. | 15 | - | 7% (1) | 13% (2) | - | 0% |
San Giovanni et al. | 31 | 32% (10) | 13% (4) | 13% (4) | 0% (0) | 6% (2) |
Doets et al. | 93 | 29% (27) | 4% (9) | 10% (4) | 4% (4) | 16% (15) |
Carlsson et al.* | 5 | - | - | - | - | 0% |
Bonnin et al.* | 29 | 7% (2) | - | - | - | 0% |
Anderson et al. | 28 | - | 9% (2) | - | - | 24% (6) |
Wood et al. | 7 | 14% (1) | 14% (1) | - | - | 0% |
Total | 293 | 26% (56) | 9% (20) | 7% (10) | 3% (6) | 11% (28) |
Arthrodesis | ||||||
Anderson et al. | 35 | - | 9% (3) | 3% (1) | 3% (1) | 14% (5) |
Kennedy et al. | 20 | - | 10% (2) | - | 5% (1) | 15% (3) |
Shinomiya et al. | 17 | - | - | - | - | - |
De Palma et al. | 7 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Lauge-Pedersen et al. | 11 | 0% | 0% | 18% (2) | 0% | 0% |
Stranks et al. | 8 | - | - | - | - | 0% |
Moran et al. | 30 | - | 40% (12) | 7% (2) | 10% (3) | 20% (6) |
Sowa et al. | 6 | 17% (1) | 17% (1) | 0% | 0% | |
Total | 134 | 0% | 17% | 7% | 6% | 12% |