scholarly journals Adjacent Joint Arthrodesis Risk After First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Arthrodesis: A 10 Year FollowUp Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 2473011419S0041
Author(s):  
Kar Teoh ◽  
Gianluca Gonzi

Category: Midfoot/Forefoot Introduction/Purpose: Arthrodesis remains the gold standard for end stage symptomatic first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint osteoarthritis. Based on several ankle arthrodesis studies, it is well known that adjacent joints are put under more stress leading to secondary osteoarthritis. However, the direct association between first MTPJ arthrodesis and the progression of adjacent joint arthrosis remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine the progression of interphalangeal (IPJ) and 1st tarsometarsal joint (1st TMT) degeneration following first MTP joint arthrodesis. Methods: All patients treated with first MTP joint arthrodesis from 2003 to 2008 were identified from our regional centre. Data was obtained from our institution’s electronic clinical workstation which included demographic information, radiographs and clinical letters. A telephone survey with a predetermined written script was carried out in patients as we were not able to obtain ethics to perform repeat radiographs. Results: A total of 166 first MTPJ arthrodesis were included with at least 10 year follow-up. We excluded patients who have moved out of region. There was a 3:1 female to male ratio, with an average age at time of operation being 63 (27- 83). 25% of the patients reported adjacent joint pain (15% at IPJ, 10% at 1st TMTJ) at final follow up. 3 (1.8%) patients required arthrodesis of adjacent joints (1 at IPJ, 2 at 1st TMTJ). Conclusion: This study improves the understanding of biomechanical impact on the foot following 1st MTPJ fusion and is helpful in the consenting process.

2020 ◽  
Vol 102-B (2) ◽  
pp. 220-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy M. Clough ◽  
Joseph Ring

Aims Arthroplasty for end-stage hallux rigidus (HR) is controversial. Arthrodesis remains the gold standard for surgical treatment, although is not without its complications, with rates of up to 10% for nonunion, 14% for reoperation and 10% for metatarsalgia. The aim of this study was to analyze the outcome of a double-stemmed silastic implant (Wright-Medical, Memphis, Tennessee, USA) for patients with end-stage HR. Methods We conducted a retrospective review of 108 consecutive implants in 76 patients, between January 2005 and December 2016, with a minimum follow-up of two years. The mean age of the patients at the time of surgery was 61.6 years (42 to 84). There were 104 females and four males. Clinical, radiological, patient reported outcome measures (PROMS) data, a visual analogue score (VAS) for pain, and satisfaction scores were collected. Results The survivorship at a mean follow-up of 5.3 years (2.1 to 14.1) was 97.2%. The mean Manchester Oxford Foot and Ankle Questionnaire (MOXFQ) scores improved from 78.1 to 11.0, and VAS scores for pain from 7/10 to 1.3/10. The rate of satisfaction was 90.6%. Three implants (2.8%) required revision; one for infection, one-month postoperatively, and two for stem breakage at 10.4 and 13.3 years postoperatively. There was a 1.9% reoperation rate other than revision, 23.1% of patients developed a minor complication, and 21.1% of patients had non-progressive and asymptomatic cysts on radiological review. Conclusion We report a 97.2% survivorship at a mean follow-up of 5.3 years with this implant. We did not find progressive osteolysis, as has been previously reported. These results suggest that this double-stemmed silastic implant provides a predictable and reliable alternative with comparable outcomes to arthrodesis for the treatment of end-stage HR. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2020;102-B(2):220–226.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haroon Majeed

Silastic implants for the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) have been in use for over 50 years. Initial reports were associated with high failure rates leading to development of new designs that are currently in use. The aim of this article is to review the historical evolution and the outcomes of silastic implants for the treatment of end-stage OA of the first MTPJ. Databases were searched for studies reporting the outcomes of silastic implants for the first MTPJ. Various relevant search terminologies were used. Studies reporting the outcomes of metallic implants or arthrodesis were excluded. The literature search revealed 522 studies, of which 28 were included. Eight studies used single-stemmed implants and 20 used double-stemmed implants for their patients. Twenty-eight studies had a total of 2354 feet with silastic replacements in 1884 patients (1968 to 2003) with an average age of 53 years and the average follow-up was 85.3 months. There were a total of 5.3% (124 feet) failed prostheses. Improvement in pain was reported in 76.6% (1804 feet) with an average patient satisfaction rate of 84%. Radiological changes around the implants were found to be significantly higher with single-stemmed implants (30.3%) compared to the double-stemmed implants (14.7%) (p < 0.05). Significantly more single-stemmed implants failed (11%) than the double-stemmed implants (3.6%) (p < 0.05). Despite the initial reports of failed implants and complications, first- and second-generation silastic implants were associated with high patient satisfaction and pain improvement. Current literature lacks long-term outcomes of implants currently in use. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2019;4:77-84. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.4.180055


2019 ◽  
pp. 145749691989359
Author(s):  
N. Partio ◽  
V. T. Ponkilainen ◽  
V. Rinkinen ◽  
P. Honkanen ◽  
H. Haapasalo ◽  
...  

Background and Aims: The interpositional arthroplasty was developed to retain foot function and to relieve pain due to the arthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint. The bioabsorbable poly-L-D-lactic acid RegJoint® interpositional implant provides temporary support to the joint, and the implant is subsequently replaced by the patient’s own tissue. In this study, we retrospectively examined the results of the poly-L-D-lactic acid interpositional arthroplasty in a 9-year follow-up study among patients with hallux valgus with end-stage arthrosis or hallux rigidus. Material and Methods: Eighteen patients and 21 joints underwent interpositional arthroplasty using the poly-L-D-lactic acid implant between February 1997 and October 2002 at Tampere University Hospital. Of these, 15 (83.3%) (21 joints) patients were compliant with clinical examination and radiographic examination in long-term (average 9.4 years) follow-up. The mean age of the patients was 48.3 (from 28 to 67) years at the time of the operation. Six patients underwent the operation due to arthritic hallux valgus and nine patients due to hallux rigidus. Results: The mean Ankle Society Hallux Metatarsophalangeal–Interphalangeal Scale and visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain scores improved after the operation in all patients. The decrease of pain (visual analogue scale) after the operation was statistically significant (77.5 vs 10.0; p < 0.001). Postoperative complications were observed in 3 (14.3%) joints of two hallux rigidus patients. For these patients, surgery had only temporarily relieved the pain, and they underwent reoperation with arthrodesis. Conclusion: In conclusion, interpositional arthroplasty using a poly-L-D-lactic acid implant yielded good results. This study indicates that the poly-L-D-lactic acid interpositional implant may be a good alternative for arthrodesis for treatment of end-stage degeneration of the first metatarsophalangeal joint.


2021 ◽  
pp. 193864002098092
Author(s):  
Devon W. Consul ◽  
Anson Chu ◽  
Travis M. Langan ◽  
Christopher F. Hyer ◽  
Gregory Berlet

Total ankle replacement has become a viable alternative to ankle arthrodesis in the surgical management of advanced ankle arthritis. Total ankle replacement has generally been reserved for patients who are older and for those who will have a lower demand on the replacement. The purpose of the current study is to review patient outcomes, complications, and implant survival in patients younger than 55 years who underwent total ankle replacement at a single institution. A single-center chart and radiographic review was performed of consecutive patients who underwent total ankle replacement for treatment of end-stage ankle arthritis. All surgeries were performed by 1 of 5 fellowship-trained foot and ankle surgeons at a single institution. A total of 51 patients met inclusion criteria with a mean follow-up of 31.2 months (SD = 16.2). Implant survival was 94%, There were 7 major complications (13%) requiring an unplanned return to the operating room and 8 minor complications (15%) that resolved with conservative care. The results of this study show that total ankle replacement is a viable treatment option for patients younger than 55 years. Levels of Evidence: A retrospective case series


2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 2473011417S0001
Author(s):  
Monique Chambers ◽  
MaCalus Hogan ◽  
Dukens LaBaze

Category: Bunion, Midfoot/Forefoot Introduction/Purpose: Hallux rigidus is a degenerative disease of the first metatarsophalangeal joint. Severe, end-stage hallux rigidus can become debilitating with surgical intervention becoming necessary once conservative measures and shoe modifications have failed. Joint salvage procedures include metatarsal phalangeal (MTP) arthrodesis and MTP arthroplasty. The purpose of this study was to assess for differences in patient reported outcomes in two cohorts who underwent fusion or joint reconstruction. Methods: This study was a retrospective review of prospectively collected data of 385 patients from an academic medical institution. Patients who underwent surgical intervention from July 2015 to November 2016 were identified based on CPT codes for MTP arthrodesis (28750) and arthroplasty (28293). We extracted outcome scores including SF12-M, SF12-P, FAAM, and VAS scores. Exclusion criteria included poly-trauma, revision procedures, and lack of pre and post-operative outcome scores. Mann- Whitney t-test was performed using GraphPad Prism version 7.0b for Mac to compare procedure groups, with significance define by a p-value of 0.05. Results: A total of eighteen patients met the inclusion criteria, with 6 who underwent arthroplasty and 12 arthrodesis. The average age was 63.7 amongst the cohort, with a total of 16 female and 2 males. Patients who underwent arthrodesis had better outcomes across all parameters. When comparing preoperative and postoperative scores, arthrodesis patients showed greater improvement of SF12-M (arthrodesis 9 vs arthroplasty -2, p=0.05), and SF12-P (9 vs -16, respectively p=0.05) scores. Arthroplasty patients were more likely to have a decrease in their SF-12 scores. VAS scores and FAAM scores showed no statistical difference between the two cohorts. Postoperative VAS scores were worse in 33% of arthroplasty patients despite surgical intervention, compared to 10% of arthrodesis patients. Conclusion: Our results suggests that both procedures provide a statistically significant difference in pain with several patients having a Global Rate of Change that is “very much better”. However, fusion of the metatarsophalangeal joint results in improved pain and functional outcomes for patients with severe hallux rigidus. These findings are consistent with current reports in the literature, which are mostly case series reports. Larger studies are needed to provide appropriate power and better support the findings of this study.


2002 ◽  
Vol 92 (10) ◽  
pp. 555-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Boberg ◽  
Molly S. Judge

A retrospective radiographic review was performed of 29 patients (37 feet) who underwent an isolated medial approach for correction of hallux abducto valgus deformity from March 1993 to November 1998. Only those patients who had a traditional Austin-type osteotomy with a reducible first metatarsophalangeal joint and flexible first ray were included in the study. The average follow-up period for the entire study group was 18.4 months, with 13 patients (44.83%; 17 feet) having a follow-up period of longer than 2 years. The average decrease in the intermetatarsal angle was 9.89°, and the average decrease in the hallux abductus angle was 14.0°, results that correlated well with those of other studies on correction of hallux abducto valgus. No clinical or radiographic recurrence of hallux abducto valgus was noted throughout the follow-up period. The authors believe that an isolated medial approach to hallux abducto valgus correction without a lateral interspace release yields predictable results when performed in appropriately selected patients. (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 92(10): 555-562, 2002)


1997 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Jörg Trnka ◽  
Alexander Zembsch ◽  
Hermann Wiesauer ◽  
Marc Hungerford ◽  
Martin Salzer ◽  
...  

The Austin osteotomy is a widely accepted method for correction of mild and moderate hallux valgus. In view of publications by Kitaoka et al. in 1991 and by Mann and colleagues, a more radical lateral soft tissue procedure was added to the originally described procedure. From September 1992 to January 1994, 85 patients underwent an Austin osteotomy combined with a lateral soft tissue procedure to correct their hallux valgus deformities. Seventy-nine patients (94 feet) were available for follow-up. The average patient age at the time of the operation was 47.1 years, and the average follow-up was 16.2 months. The average preoperative intermetatarsal angle was 13.9°, and the average hallux valgus angle was 29.7°. After surgery, the feet were corrected to an average intermetatarsal angle of 5.8° and an average hallux valgus angle of 11.9°. Sesamoid position was corrected from 2.1 before surgery to 0.5 after surgery. The results were also graded according to the Hallux Metatarsophalangeal Interphalangeal Score, and the functional and cosmetic outcomes were graded by the patient. Dissection of the plantar transverse ligament and release of the lateral capsule repositioned the tibial sesamoid and restored the biomechanics around the first metatarsophalangeal joint. There was no increased incidence of avascular necrosis of the first metatarsal head compared with the original technique.


2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josep Torrent ◽  
Raúl Figa ◽  
Iban Clares ◽  
Eduard Rabat

Abstract Background: Recurrences of hallux valgus can be difficult to manage, especially after a prior simple bunionectomy. This study aimed to present a treatment algorithm for the correction of recurrences after a simple bunionectomy.Methods: This was a single-center, descriptive, and retrospective comparative study. Thirty-four consecutive patients were classified according to the bone stock and the presence or absence of end-stage arthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ). According to our algorithm, we only performed an osteotomy as the salvage procedure in cases with sufficient bone stock and absence of or mild arthritis. In the other cases, we performed an MTPJ fusion. Exceptionally, we chose a Keller-Brandes arthroplasty for patients with advanced age and comorbidities. Results: We performed 17 scarf osteotomies (50%), 15 MTPJ arthrodeses (44.1%), and 2 Keller-Brandes arthroplasties (5.9%). Following the algorithm, we achieved an improvement of the AOFAS score of >30 points without severe complications in all groups.Conclusions: The proposed operative algorithm successfully addresses the recurrences considering the lack of bone stock and the presence of MTPJ arthritis.Level of EvidenceLevel 3: retrospective comparative study


1997 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.D. Terzis ◽  
F. Kashif ◽  
M.A.S. Mowbray

We present the short-term follow-up of 55 symptomatic hallux valgus deformities in 38 patients, treated operatively with a modification of the spike distal first metatarsal osteotomy, as described by Gibson and Piggott in 1962. The age range of the patients was 17 to 72 years at the time of surgery. The postoperative follow-up period was 12 to 55 months. Excellent and good clinical and radiographic results were recorded in 96.2% of our patients. Two of the patients (3.8%) were dissatisfied; one of them complained of metatarsalgia after the procedure, and the other had stiffness of the metatarsophalangeal joint and metatarsalgia that had been present before surgery. Three others (5.45%) required revision after early postoperative displacement but were asymptomatic subsequently. We concluded that our technique is an effective method of treating mild hallux valgus deformities with the advantages of simplicity, no shortening of the first metatarsal, and no risk of dorsal tilting of the distal fragment. Hallux valgus (lateral deviation of the great toe) is not a single disorder, as the name implies, but a complex deformity of the first ray that sometimes may involve the lesser toes. More than 130 procedures exist for the surgical correction of hallux valgus, which means that no treatment is unique. No single operation is effective for all bunions. 5 , 22 , 29 The objectives of surgical treatment are to reduce pain, to restore articular congruency, and to narrow the forefoot without impairing function, by transferring weight to the lesser metatarsals either by shortening or by dorsal tilting of the first metatarsal. 5 , 19 , 24 , 27 Patient selection is important for a satisfactory outcome after surgery of any kind, and our criteria were age, degree of deformity, presence of arthrosis, and subluxation of the first metatarsophalangeal joint. 1 , 5 , 13 , 19 – 21 , 24 , 29 In this study, we present a new method of treating hallux valgus that has been used at Mayday University Hospital since 1990. The technique was first described at the British Orthopaedic Foot Surgery Society, Liverpool, November 1990, 7 and we now present the short-term follow-up results. The procedure is essentially a modification of the spike osteotomy of the neck of the first metatarsal, as described by Gibson and Piggott. 9 It has the advantages of simplicity, no shortening of the first metatarsal, and no risk of dorsal displacement of the distal fragment.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 2473011417S0001
Author(s):  
Stefan Beekhuizen ◽  
Ron Onstenk

Category: Big toe, MTP-1 joint osteoarthritis Introduction/Purpose: Osteoarthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint is the second most common disorder affecting the hallux. If non-operative treatment is not efficacious, operative treatment should be considered. Arthrodesis is considered standard care for grade III and IV osteoarthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint. If preservation of joint mobility is preferred, implant arthroplasty could be considered. Total arthroplasty is less recommendable because of high failure rates. However, recent studies showed similar short term results after arthrodesis and hemi joint replacement with greater satisfaction rates, as well as low postoperative pain, after hemiarthroplasty. In our study we mainly focussed on long-term subjective results like patient satisfaction as well as patient recommendation for the performed procedure including our primary outcome; the postoperative AOFAS HMI score. Methods: We therefore evaluated primary arthrodesis and hemiarthroplasty as treatment for arthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint. All 102 patients operated between January 2005 and December 2011 were asked to participate in our study, sixty-seven patients responded and were included. Forty-seven arthrodesis were performed in 40 patients using different fixation techniques and thirty-one hemiarthroplasties were performed in 27 patients using the BiopPro® First MPJ implant. Both procedures performed for stage 3 or 4 osteoarthritis and patients had been followed for at least five years, the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Hallux Metatarsophalangeal Interphalangeal (AOFAS-HMI) scale score was measured as primary outcome. Secondary outcomes addressed satisfaction rates, recommendation of the performed procedure, number of unplanned surgical repeat procedures, return to daily activities (work as well as sports), and influence of smoking and diabetes mellitus on postoperative results. Finally, financial costs for both procedures were calculated. Results: The 47 primary arthrodeses and 31 hemiarthroplasties performed between January 2005 and December 2011 were evaluated. After a mean follow-up of 8.3 years (range 5-11.8) the mean AOFAS-HMI scale score after arthrodesis and after hemiarthroplasty were 72.8±14.5 and 89.7±6.6 respectively (p =.001). Patients were significantly more pleased after hemiarthroplasty (p<.001) and this procedure was better recommended (p<.001). The number of unplanned repeat surgical procedures did not differ between the two groups. No differences were found in postoperative work resumption, but patients returned to sports significantly sooner after hemiarthroplasty (p=.002). No association was found between smoking and the total AOFAS-HMI score. Overall costs, the sum of procedure costs as wel as additional costs, were quite similar for both procedures. Conclusion: Higher postoperative AOFAS HMI scores after a long-term follow-up (mean 8.3 years, range 5-11.8 years) were found after hemiarthroplasty compared to arthrodesis of the MTP-1 joint. Also greater patient satisfaction and better recommendation is seen after hemiarthroplasty. However return to work showed no differences, a significantly faster return to sports was seen after hemiarthoplasty. Based on these long-term results we could recommend hemiarthroplasty in future patient with osteoarthritis of the MTP-1 joint, with modest preference for the younger, more active patients.


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