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Primary and Revision Total Ankle Arthroplasty in Japan

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Ankle arthrodesis is still performed more frequently than total ankle replacement for treatment of painful degenerative changes about the ankle joint. However, total ankle replacement has advanced during the last few decades and the clinical results have been improved substantially. Prosthesis design, preoperative planning, operative techniques to balance the joint, and postoperative evaluation of outcomes have made progress and have allowed surgeons to achieve good clinical results reliably. Since 2003, we started to use the three-component total ankle prosthesis with a mobile-bearing polyethylene insert. As a result, the FINE Total Ankle System is the most frequently employed ankle prosthesis in Japan today. It was designed to allow not only dorsiflexion and plantar flexion but also ±10° of internal and external rotation and ±3-mm anterior–posterior sliding along the mobile-bearing mechanism. We have investigated the in vivo kinematics of this three-component total ankle replacement. The preliminary results are promising and the prosthesis mimics the normal ankle kinematics during gait. Since 2006, the sliding medial malleolar osteotomy technique to balance varus malalignment, the use of a preoperative three-dimensional preoperative bone model based upon DICOM data obtained from a preoperative computed tomography scan, and dedicated patient-specific surgical instruments have played important roles in total ankle replacement surgery precision. However, we previously have limited the indication for total ankle replacement to only inflammatory arthritis due to low-demand physical activities, but more recently, we started expanding our indications to include osteoarthritis patients with higher daily activities. Even with the limited clinical experiences, the midterm results may be promising.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Biomaterial Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Tetsuya Tomita MD, PhD & Kazuomi Sugamoto MD, PhD

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, 540-0006, Japan

    Keiji Iwamoto MD, PhD

  3. Department of Orthopaedics, Osaka University Hospital, 2-2, Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Makoto Hirao MD, PhD

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, TOHO University, 6-11-1 Omori-nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan

    Keitaro Yamamoto PhD

  5. Japan Research Institute of Artificial Joint, 3-9-2-603 Hacchobori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0032, Japan

    Toru Suguro MD, PhD

  6. Department of Rheumatology and Allergology, NHO Osaka Minami Medical Center, 2-1 Kidohigashicho, Kawachinagano, 586-8521, Japan

    Jun Hashimoto MD, PhD

  7. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Hideki Yoshikawa MD, PhD

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  1. Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

    Thomas S. Roukis

  2. Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Center, Westerville, Ohio, USA

    Gregory C. Berlet

  3. Wisconsin Foot and Ankle Institute, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA

    Christopher Bibbo

  4. Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Center, Westerville, Ohio, USA

    Christopher F. Hyer

  5. Department of Orthopedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Murray J. Penner

  6. Foot and Ankle Center Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Markus Wünschel

  7. Atlantic Foot & Ankle Center of Chesapeake, Chesapeake, Virginia, USA

    Mark A. Prissel

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Tomita, T. et al. (2016). Primary and Revision Total Ankle Arthroplasty in Japan. In: Roukis, T., et al. Primary and Revision Total Ankle Replacement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24415-0_26

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