Total Ankle Arthroplasty With Combined Calcaneal and Metatarsal Osteotomies for Treatment of Ankle Osteoarthritis With Accompanying Cavovarus Deformities: Early Results.

The article reports on the results of research which was conducted to evaluate the short term results of total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) with combined bony reconstructions for treatment of end-stage ankle osteoarthritis with accompanying cavovarus/hindfoot varus deformities. Researchers evaluated eight patients. They found that it was occasionally necessary to perform combined calcaneal and metatarsal osteotomies with TAA to successfully treat osteoarthritis with deformity.