Abstract
The Ankle Arthritis Score (AAS) is a new patient-reported outcome derived from the Ankle Osteoarthritis Scale (AOS). This study analyzed longitudinally collected data from a cohort of patients in the Canadian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (COFAS) Ankle Arthritis Study in order to evaluate whether the postoperative AAS is associated with need for revision surgery. A multicenter, prospective, ankle-reconstruction study enrolled 653 ankles undergoing total ankle replacement (TAR) or ankle arthrodesis (AA). The AAS was given at baseline and annually during postoperative follow-up. Time to revision surgery was modeled using a proportional hazards model. The final sample included 531 ankles in 509 patients. Sixty-two patients underwent metal-component revision and 8 underwent arthrodesis revision during the follow-up time period. The remaining 461 unrevised ankles (300 TAR, 161 AA) had a minimum follow-up of 2 years (average of 3.4 years). Revision surgery after TAR was found to be associated with a higher postoperative AAS and a longer follow-up. The hazard ratio for the AAS indicated that for every 1-point increase in the score, the rate of revision surgery after TAR was 1 percentage point higher. TAR patients who reported higher levels of postoperative functional impairment, as indicated by a higher AAS, were more likely to require metal-component revision surgery. After adjustment for other patient factors, the risk of revision surgery increased with length of follow-up after TAR. This study provides further evidence for the utility of the AAS in the clinical setting. Level III, retrospective cohort study.
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