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- Title
Early mobilization of dorsiflexion from 3 days after cemented total ankle arthroplasty with modified antero-lateral approach.
- Authors
Higuchi, Yusei; Hirao, Makoto; Noguchi, Takaaki; Etani, Yuki; Ebina, Kosuke; Okamura, Gensuke; Tsuboi, Hideki; Miyama, Akira; Takahi, Koichiro; Takami, Kenji; Tsuji, Shigeyoshi; Okada, Seiji; Hashimoto, Jun
- Abstract
According to the conventional postoperative procedure after total ankle arthroplasty (TAA), mobilization is currently started after completion of wound healing. To investigate the possibility of expediting rehabilitation, this study evaluated the feasibility and safety of early mobilization of dorsiflexion after cemented TAA utilizing a modified antero-lateral approach. This retrospective, observational study investigated 14 consecutive ankles that had received cemented TAA. Mobilization of dorsiflexion was started from 3 days after surgery. Postoperative wound complications including blister formation, eschar formation, wound dehiscence, peri-incisional decreased sensation were observed and recorded. Range of motion (ROM) of dorsiflexion/plantar flexion was measured. Patients also completed a self-administered foot evaluation questionnaire (SAFE-Q) and the scale of Japanese Society for Surgery of the Foot (JSSF) ankle/hindfoot score preoperatively and at final follow-up. No postoperative complications related to wound healing were observed. ROM for dorsiflexion, SAFE-Q score, and JSSF score improved significantly after TAA. Within this small number of cases, early mobilization of dorsiflexion from 3 days after cemented TAA was feasible and safe with the modified antero-lateral approach. Innovations in postoperative procedures for rehabilitation after TAA can be expected.
- Subjects
TOTAL ankle replacement; EARLY ambulation (Rehabilitation); SURGICAL complications; DORSIFLEXION; ARTHROPLASTY; ANKLE; RANGE of motion of joints
- Publication
Journal of Orthopaedic Science, 2024, Vol 29, Issue 3, p874
- ISSN
0949-2658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.jos.2023.04.010