Preservation of the hindfoot joints in patients undergoing total ankle arthroplasty for ankle arthritis and adjacent hindfoot arthritis may yield similar outcomes as hindfoot fusion, according to results.
“In our data, we suggest that the presence of radiographic arthritis in the talonavicular joint or the subtalar joint does not always mean that you have to fuse the joints,” Mohammad A. Arafah, MBBS, musculoskeletal oncology and foot and ankle reconstruction fellow at the University of Toronto, said in his presentation at the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Annual