en and women with end-stage ankle arthritis benefited from total ankle replacement and ankle arthrodesis, with small differences in pain and function disappearing after controll for potential confounding variables.
“Physicians should be aware that females often present to orthopedic surgeons with more significant disability than physicians appreciate, and that they may delay surgical treatment longer than males despite their disability,” Andrew Dodd, MD, FRCSC, told Healio. “My hope is that these results will encourage orthopedic surgeons to take time to discuss the potential