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Long-term follow-up of Bologna-Oxford (BOX) total ankle arthroplasty by Alberto Bianchi; Nicolò Martinelli; Eleonora Caboni; Giorgio Raggi; Francesca Manfroni; Valerio Sansone is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Purpose: The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the long-term results with a minimum of ten years follow-up of primary bologna-oxford (box) taa. ## Methods: Between december 2004 and december 2009, 80 patients (82 ankles) underwent a primary box taa performed by a single senior surgeon, expert in foot and ankle surgery. pain and functional outcomes were analysed using visual analogue scale (vas) for pain, american orthopaedic foot & ankle society (aofas) scoring system, foot functional index disability and pain (ffi-disability, ffi-pain) score for comparative analysis. ## Results: A total of 52 patients (54 implants) in a cohort of 80 (82 implants) were examined at a minimum ten years follow-up. twenty implants out of 54 underwent implant failure (37 %) and 34 patients were enrolled in the present study. the mean vas for pain decreased significantly from 8.5 ± 1.2 to 2.9 ± 2.2 (p<0.01) and the mean afoas score changed from 28.6 ± 11.8 pre-operatively to 72.7 ± 16.9 (p<0.01) at last follow-up. ninety-seven percent was satisfied with a mean ffi-disability score that improved from 77.6 ± 19.3 to 26.7 ± 25.4 (p<0.01) and ffi-pain score that decreased from 76.2 ± 14.

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Author

Alberto Bianchi; Nicolò Martinelli; Eleonora Caboni; Giorgio Raggi; Francesca Manfroni; Valerio Sansone

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)