Experience With the Use of FINE Total Ankle Arthroplasty

Abstract

Ankle arthrodesis is the most common method for cure of destructive ankle lesions. However, total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) is an operation that should be considered as a method for maintaining or improving the range of motion (ROM).
We report our experience with the use of FINE TAA for six ankles in 2 patients with OA and 3 with RA. The average preoperative JOA score was 34 points, and this was improved to 72 points after the operation. However, one OA patient experienced loosening of the artificial joint.
Our experience suggests that surgical indications should be considered carefully. The high obesity example more than 75kg of the activity was out of adaptation.