Numerous studies have demonstrated that concomitant lower back pain (LBP) results in worse functional outcomes in patients undergoing surgical treatment for the management of end stage hip and knee arthritis. However, no equivalent studies have analysed the impact of back pain on the outcomes of patients with end stage ankle arthritis. Furthermore, given that two widely accepted surgical options exist in the treatment of ankle arthritis, namely total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) and ankle arthrodesis (AA), it is possible that one surgical technique may be superior in patients with LBP. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of LBP in people with ankle arthritis, analyse its effect on functional outcomes, and explore whether there was a treatment advantage from either TAA or AA. Prospectively collected data from the Canadian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (COFAS) database of ankle arthritis was analysed in this study. All patients with ankle arthritis who underwent surgery performed by three fellowship-trained foot and ankle surgeons at a single institution between January 2003 and July 2012 were studied. Patient demographics were collected pre-operatively, including the absence or presence of back pain, and post-operative follow up was performed at 2 and 5 years, evaluating patient-reported functional outcome measures including the Ankle Arthritis Score (AAS) and the
Chronic osteomyelitis (COM) of the lower limb in adults can be surgically managed by either limb reconstruction or amputation. This scoping review aims to map the outcomes used in studies surgically managing COM in order to aid future development of a core outcome set. A total of 11 databases were searched. A subset of studies published between 1 October 2020 and 1 January 2011 from a larger review mapping research on limb reconstruction and limb amputation for the management of lower limb COM were eligible. All outcomes were extracted and recorded verbatim. Outcomes were grouped and categorized as per the revised Williamson and Clarke taxonomy.Aims
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