Total ankle replacement or ankle fusion in @entity158 advanced XXXX of the ankle.

@entity1 @entity447 @entity3681 @entity158 @entity2720
UNASSIGNED: In advanced @entity158 @entity2720 of the ankle, the last resort is surgical treatment ( @entity3681 [ @entity3681 ] or total ankle replacement [TAR]). There is a controversy in the literature on which of the two procedures is more appropriate. A review of the literature was performed to clarify such a controversy. The first search engine was MedLine (keywords: total ankle replacement, @entity3681 ). Seventy articles were found in MedLine. Of these, only 16 were selected and reviewed because they were strictly focused on the topic of this article. The second search engine was the Cochrane Library, where only nine systematic reviews were found on the role of TAR and @entity3681 in non- @entity447 @entity1 . TAR and @entity3681 provide @entity158 relief and @entity1 satisfaction in @entity447 @entity1 in the short term. The available non- @entity447 literature is insufficient to conclude which treatment is superior. My current view is that @entity3681 may be preferable in most @entity447 @entity1 .
