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Older, middle-aged patients have similar clinical improvements after TAA
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LONG BEACH, Calif. — Both middle-aged patients and geriatric patients experienced improvement in clinical outcome parameters following total ankle arthroplasty, according to results presented at the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Annual Meeting, here.
Jason Bariteau, MD, and colleagues found geriatric patients were similar to patients of middle age with regard to both preoperative factors and their improvement in postoperative clinical parameters.
Bariteau and colleagues compared the VAS pain, SF-36 and American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) ankle and hindfoot scores of 21 patients older than 70 years of age who underwent total ankle arthroplasty for end-stage ankle arthritis with that of 21 patients between the ages of 50 years and 60 years with a minimum of 2-year follow-up.
Jason Bariteau
Results showed geriatric patients had a higher level of concomitant surgeries vs. middle-aged patients. Statistically significant improvements in VAS, SF-36 physical component summary and AOFAS scores were observed in both groups, according to Bariteau. However, when the differences between pre- and postoperative measurements and in age were taken into account, results showed no statistically significant differences between groups, Bariteau said. – by Casey Tingle
Reference:
Bariteau J, et al. Early clinical outcomes of total ankle arthroplasty in geriatric patients compared to patients of middle age. Presented at: American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Annual Meeting; July 15-18, 2015; Long Beach, Calif.
Disclosure: Bariteau reports no relevant financial disclosures.