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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Does Concurrent Distal Tibiofibular Joint Arthrodesis Affect the Nonunion and Complication Rates of Tibiotalar Arthrodesis?

Carsten Schlickewei, Julie A Neumann, Sinef Yarar-Schlickewei, Helge Riepenhof, Victor Valderrabano, Karl-Heinz Frosch, Alexej Barg

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Carsten SchlickeweiDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.
Julie A NeumannDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of Utah, 590 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
Sinef Yarar-SchlickeweiDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.
Helge RiepenhofCenter for Trauma Rehabilitation and Sport Medicine, BG Hospital Hamburg, Bergedorfer Str. 10, 21033 Hamburg, Germany.
Victor ValderrabanoSwiss Ortho Center, Schmerzklinik Basel, Swiss Medical Network, Hirschgässlein 15, 4010 Basel, Switzerland.
Karl-Heinz FroschDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.
Alexej BargDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.
BG Klinikum Hamburg · DEUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Utah · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tibiotalar arthrodesis successfully treats ankle arthritis but carries risk of nonunion. It is unclear whether concurrent distal tibiofibular arthrodesis affects tibiotalar nonunion rate. The purpose of this study is to compare tibiotalar nonunion and complication rates in patients with versus without a distal tibiofibular arthrodesis. This is a retrospective review of 516 consecutive ankle arthrodesis performed between March 2002 and May 2016. A total of 319 ankles (312 patients) underwent primary, open tibiotalar arthrodesis (227 with distal tibiofibular arthrodesis, 92 without). Primary outcome measure was nonunion rate. Secondary outcome measures were time to tibiotalar union, rate of development of post-operative deep vein thrombosis (DVT)/pulmonary embolism (PE), rate of deep wound complications, and rate of return to operating room (OR). No differences in nonunion rates were observed in both cohorts of patients with versus without distal tibiofibular arthrodesis: 17/227 (7.5%) versus 11/92 (12%) (

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ankle arthrodesisankle fusioncomplicationsdelayed uniondistal tibiofibular jointnonunionosteoarthritis

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PMID35743458
PMCPMC9224582
OpenAlexW4282840076

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