title: Comparison of the HINTEGRA and Mobility total ankle replacements. Short- to intermediate-term outcomes.
abstract: In a retrospective study we compared 32 HINTEGRA total ankle replacements (TARs) and 35 Mobility TARs performed between July 2005 and May 2010, with a minimum follow-up of two years. The mean follow-up for the HINTEGRA group was 53 months (24 to 76) and for the Mobility group was 34 months (24 to 45). All procedures were performed by a single surgeon. There was no significant difference between the two groups with regard to the mean AOFAS score, visual analogue score for pain or range of movement of the ankle at the latest follow-up. Most radiological measurements did not differ significantly between the two groups. However, the most common grade of heterotopic ossification (HO) was grade 3 in the HINTEGRA group (10 of 13 TARs, 76.9%) and grade 2 in the Mobility group (four of seven TARs, 57.1%) (p = 0.025). Although HO was more frequent in the HINTEGRA group (40.6%) than in the Mobility group (20.0%), this was not statistically significant (p = 0.065).The difference in peri-operative complications between the two groups was not significant, but intra-operative medial malleolar fractures occurred in four (11.4%) in the Mobility group; four (12.5%) in the HINTEGRA group and one TAR (2.9%) in the Mobility group failed (p = 0.185).
authors.affiliation: Veterans Health Service Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 61 Jinhwangdoro-gil, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Yeo
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D058737:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Ankle / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000601:surgery; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D057068:Periprosthetic Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Ankle arthritis; Ankle replacement; Arthroplasty; HINTEGRA; Mobility; Treatment outcome