Association of Component Sizing on Total Ankle Arthroplasty Survivorship.

Anthony Schwab¹, Helene Cook², Roland Ramdass³, Jason Nowak⁴, Garret Strand⁵

¹Fellow, Northern California Reconstructive Foot and Ankle Fellowship, Shasta Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Redding, CA, USA. Electronic address: aschwab@shastaortho.com.

²Epic Orthopaedics, Redding, CA, USA.

³Foot and Ankle Center, Winchester, VA, USA.

⁴North Shore Foot and Ankle, Appleton, Wisconsin.

⁵Fellowship Director, Northern California Reconstructive Foot and Ankle Fellowship, Shasta Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Redding, CA, USA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Component sizing and alignment are critical to total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) longevity, yet the relationship between talar downsizing, polyethylene thickness, and revision risk remains unclear. PURPOSE: This retrospective cohort study evaluated whether talar downsizing improves survivorship and examined secondary associations between polyethylene thickness, coronal alignment, and rev…

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