Tourki Abdulmhsen Almutairi, Khaled Mohamed Ragab, Sarah Makram Elsayed, Ahmed Bostamy Elsnhory, Mahmoud M Elhady, Mohamed Hesham Gamal, Ahmed Hashem Fathallah
Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease-causing pain and disability, and its management keeps creating a debate. So, we aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of total ankle arthroplasty and ankle arthrodesis for ankle osteoarthritis. We searched PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, and Web of Science till August 2021. The outcomes were pooled as Mean difference (MD) or Risk Ratio (RR), and 95% confidence interval. We included 36 studies. The results showed a significantly lower risk of infections in total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) than ankle arthrodesis (AA) (RR= 0...
May 2023: Foot