Total ankle arthroplasty and national registers: What is the impact on scientific production?

In recent years the number of countries that have adopted national joint registries throughout the world has greatly increased in order to evaluate and assess clinical and radiographic outcomes, safety and survivorship of the implants [1 –3]. Most arthroplasty registers mainly concern hip and knee replacements, while only six (Australia, England/Wales/Northern Ireland, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, and Sweden) countries recruit and report the results of ankle prostheses [4–9]. The purpose of large-scale registers is to highlight results as accurately as possible annually; the quality of the data reported is heavily dependent on the participation of both the patients and surgeons [10].

Source: Foot and Ankle Surgery - March 6, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Riccardo D ’Ambrosi, Giuseppe Banfi, Federico Giuseppe Usuelli Tags: Review Source Type: research