Comparative Analysis of Quality of Life, and Sport Activities, After Lower-Limb Joint Replacement: 42 TAAs, 60 TKAs and 132 THAs

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Category:OtherIntroduction/Purpose:For 30 years THA and TKA have been gold standards for severe osteoarthritis. Results are not better in TAA than in ankle arthrodesis according to meta-analysis. Ten year TAA survivorship improved from 80 to 90% but is still worse than in THA and TKA. It is generally thought that THA has better results than TKA and TAA but there have been few quality of life comparative studies.The present study compared functional results, quality of life (QoL) and sports capacity following ankle (TAA), hip (THA) and knee arthroplasty (TKA).Methods:Three continuous series (69 TAA, 716 THA, 121 TKA) operated on by 3 senior surgeons, from 2006 to 2011, were matched for age and follow-up. Patients older than 80 years, multiple arthroplasty in different joints, rheumatoid arthritis and revision of components were excluded.Questionnaires on general quality of life (SF-36, WOMAC, Bonnin's sports questionnaire) and specific function (AOFAS, FAAM, IKS function, Harris) were sent to 3 series (42 ...