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. 2015 Mar 13;112(11):177–184. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2015.0177

eTable 4. Clinical outcomes following total ankle replacement: probability of survival of implant components and postoperative range of ankle motion*.

Study Study type Implant type No. of implants Probability of survival of implant components Mean follow-up time Postoperative range of motion
(e71) RS, SC Buechel–Pappas 35 97% after 5 years 5 years
(3 to 150 months)
N/A
(e72) RS, SC Agility 207 76% after 9 years N/A N/A
(e73) RS, SC AES 93 90% after 5 years 42 months
(13 to 73 months)
N/A
(e6) RS, SC STAR 51 70% after 5 years 52 months
(36 to 97 months)
Total 28° (10 to 55°)
(22) RS, SC HINTEGRA 123 93% after 6 years 67.7±27.0 months
(29 to 126 months)
Total 35.3°± 8.1°
(e34) PS, SC HINTEGRA 52 91% after 5 years,
78% after 8 years
5 years
(2 to 10 years)
Total 38°± 9°
(6) PS, SC HINTEGRA 722 94% after 5 years,
84% after 10 years
6.3±2.9 years
(2 to 12.2 years)
N/A
(e74) RS, MC Salto (388),
AES (173),
HINTEGRA (22),
STAR (9)
592 88% after 71 months Min. 1 year N/A
(e75) PS, SC BOX 62 91.9% after 42.5 months 42.5 months
(24 to 71 months)
DF 8.4°±4.8° (0 to 20°);
PF 17.1°±8.3° (0 to 30°)
(e76) RS, SC Salto 98 98% after 5 years 35 months
(24 to 68 months)
Total 28.3°±7°
(e77) RS, SC Salto 98 85% after 10 years 8.9 years
(6.8 to 11 years)
DF 8.6°±5.3° (−5 to 20°);
PF 18.1°±7.8° (5 to 40°)
(e78) PS, SC STAR 77 70.7 after 10 years,
45.6% after 14 years
12.4 years
(10.8 to 14.9 years)
Total 22.8°±3.5°
(e8) PS, SC Buechel–Pappas 50 93.5% after 10 years 5 years
(2 to 10 years)
Total 28° (12 to 46°)
(e79) PS, SC Buechel–Pappas
(normal sulcus 40;
deep sulcus 75)
115 74.2% (normal sulcus)
after 20 years,
92% (deep Sulkus)
after 12 years
12 years
2 to 10 years,
normal sulcus),
5 years
(2 to 12 years,
deep sulcus)
Total 25°
(10 to 47°, normal sulcus),
total 29°
(10 to 50°, deep sulcus)
(e80) PS, SC BOX 20 N/A 12 months
(7 to 14 months)
Total 28.8°±11.3°
(10 to 50°)
(e81) RS, SC Agility 42 62% after 9 years 8 years (0.5 to 11 years)
(e82) RS, SC Buechel–Pappas 30 87.6% after 5 years 5.1±4 years
(1 to 13 years)
DF 5°; PF 30°
(e83) PS, SC LCS (19), Buechel–Pappas (74) 93 84% after 8 years 7.2 years
(0.4 to 16.3 years)
DF 7.1° (5.8 to 8.4°);
PF 24.8° (22.6 to 27.2°)
(e9) PS, MC STAR (216),
TPR (32),
HINTEGRA (6),
AES (3)
257 89% after 5 years,
76% after 10 years
4 years
(5 days to 12 years)
N/A
(e84) PS, MC BOX 51 97.2% after 3 years 30 months
(24 to 48 months)
Total 27.4° (16 to 53°)
(e85) PS, MC BOX 158 96.1% after 4 years 17 months
(6 to 48 months)
Total 26.5° (14 to 53°)
(e86) PS, MC STAR (318),
Buechel–Pappas (92),
AES (69),
HINTEGRA (29),
Mobility (23)
531 78% after 5 years,
62% after 10 years
1 to 11 years N/A
(e87) PS, MC STAR (322),
Mobility (132),
AES (115),
Buechel–Pappas (109),
CCI (66),
HINTEGRA (36)
780 81% after 5 years,
69% after 10 years
10 years N/A
(e11) RS, SC STAR 123 86% (patients with preoperative
deformity up to 10°) and
75% (patients with preoperative
deformity 10 to 30°) after 5 years
4 years
2 to 8 years)
N/A
(e88) PS, MC Agility (117),
STAR (45),
Mobility (29),
Ramses (11)
202 86% after 5 years 28 to 75 months N/A
(e12) RS, SC Agility 65 91% after 1 year,
70% after 3 years,
67% after 5 years
3.3 years
(2 to 5.9 years)
N/A
(e89) RS, SC TPR 33 85% after 10 years 10 to 23 years N/A
((e13) RS, SC STAR 52 90% after 5 years,
84% after 8 years
80 months
(60 to 110 months)
Total 23°±12° (0 to 55°)
((e90) RS, SC Mayo 204 79% after 5 years,
65% after 10 years,
61% after 15 years
9 years
2 to 17 years)
k. A.
(e14) RS, SC Agility 132 86% after 9 years,
63% after 11 years
9 years DF 0° (−24 to 16°);
PF 19° (−1 to 36°)
(e58) PS, SC STAR 28 70% after 12 years 1 to 12 years N/A
(e91) PS, SC STAR 52 72.7% (primary osteoarthritis) and
75.5% (rheumatoid
arthritis) after 14 years
9 years
(6 to 14 years)
N/A
(e92) PS, SC STAR 100 85.7% (patients under 50) and
91.6% (patients over 50)
after 5 years,
75% (patients under 50) and
80.6% (patients over 50)
after 10 years
6.8 years
(1 to 15 years)
N/A
(e93) PS, SC STAR (33 cemented,
25 uncemented)
58 70% (cemented) and
95.4% (uncemented)
after 12 years
9.4±2.7 years N/A
(e94) PS, SC AES 38 79% after 2 years 28 months
(2 to 70 months)
N/A
(e95) PS, SC LCS (19),
Buechel–Pappas (74)
93 80% after 15 years 14.8 years
(10.7 to 22.8 years)
N/A
(e96) PS, MC BOX 189 97% after 4 years 21 months Total 14 to 53°
(e16) PS, SC INBONE (211),
STAR (122),
Salto-Talaris (71)
404 90% and 97.6% after 3.2 years
with and without arthrodesis of the hindfoot
3.2 years
(2 to 6 years)
N/A
(e17) PS, SC STAR 84 96% after 5 years,
90% after 10 years
9.1 years
(2.6 to 11 years)
DF 4.5°; PF 34.7°
(e97) RS, SC AES 38 94.7% after 6 years 57.8 months
(48 to 80 months)
N/A
(e98) RS, SC TNK 27 77% after 14.1 years 72 months
(15 to 169 months)
DF 7.5° (0 to 20°);
PF 8.5° (−10 to 20°)
(e99) RS, SC Salto 75 98% after 3.6 years 43 months
(27 to 73 months)
DF 8.7°±5.6°;
PF 29°±7°
(21) RS, MC Salto (91),
HINTEGRA (39),
AES (20),
Coppelia (17),
STAR (11),
Ramses (4),
Akile (1)
183 86% (high-volume sites 88.4%;
low-volume sites 84.9%)
after 5 years
39±29 months
(6 to 132 months)
N/A
(e100) RS, MC STAR 59 88% after 3 years 36 months
(12 to 65 months)
DF 10.2°±6.3°;
PF 11.3°±7.9°
(e22) PS, SC Mobility 240 97.7% after 4 years 32.8±15.3 months
(12 to 63 months)
DF 8.3°±5.3°;
PF 13.6°±6.4°
(e101) RS, SC Buechel–Pappas 28 93% after 8.3 years 8.3 years
(5 to 12.2 years)
Total 23° (8 to 40°)
(e102) RS, SC Salto 401 86.6% (all patients),
85.1% (posttraumatic
osteoarthritis),
95.6% (rheumatoid arthritis),
87.9% (patients under 55)
after 5 years
29 months
(1 to 84 months)
Total 33.1°±13.6°
(e103) PS, SC TPR (20),
STAR (19)
39 87% (TPR) after 12 years,
94.3% (STAR) after 6 years
8.6 years
(TPR: 3 to 13 years),
3.1 years
(STAR: 1 to 6 years)
Total (TPR) 37°.
Total (STAR) 33.5°
((e104) PS, SC Salto Talaris 75 96% after 2.8 years 2.8 years
(2 to 4.5 years)
N/A
(e25) PS, MC AES (298),
STAR (217)
515 83% after 5 years 3.2 years
(0.1 to 9.6 years)
N/A
(e26) RS, SC Agility 306 80% (89% in patients over 54)
after 5 years
33 ± 18 months
(4 to 75 months)
N/A
(e105) PS, MC Mobility 88 89.6% after 3 years,
88.4% after 4 years
40 months
(30 to 60 months)
N/A
(e106) RS, SC Mobility 58 84% after 4 years 32 months
(14 to 49 months)
N/A
(e107) RS, SC AES (16),
Salto (4),
New-Jersey (1)
21 91% after 3 years,
57% after 5 years
38±26 months N/A
(e108) PS, SC STAR 200 92.7% after 5 years 46 months
(24 to 101 months)
N/A
(e109) RS, MC Salto 109 97.5% after 2 years 21.7 months
(12 to 65 months)
Total 32°
(e110) RS, SC HINTEGRA 16 66.7% after 5 years 61.8 months
(7 to 116 months)
Total 23.7°
(12.0 to 47.5°)
(e111) PS, SC STAR 200 93.3% after 5 years,
80.3% after 10 years
88 months
(60 to 156 months)
N/A
(e112) PS, SC Buechel–Pappas (100), STAR (100) 200 79% (Buechel–Pappas) and
95% (STAR) after 6 years
Min. 36 months N/A
(e30) PS, SC Mobility 100 97% after 3 years,
93.6% after 4 years
43 months
(4 to 63 months)
DF 7.5° (−5 to 22°),
PF 14° (1 to 41°)

*All available clinical studies (total ankle replacement) were included.

AES: Ankle Evolutive System; BOX: Bologna–Oxford; DF: dorsiflexion; N/A: information not available; LCS: low-contact stress; MC: multicenter; PF: plantar flexion; PS: prospective;

RS: retrospective; STAR: Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement; TPR: Thomson, Prichard and Richard; SC: single-center