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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Indications, Functional Outcomes, Return to Sport and Complications of Anterior and Lateral Approaches for Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Comprehensive Review.

Michele Mercurio, Erminia Cofano, John G Kennedy, James J Butler, Antonio Zanini, Olimpio Galasso, Giorgio Gasparini, Alberto Marangon

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Michele MercurioDepartment of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8742-5612
Erminia CofanoDepartment of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2445-7753
John G KennedyDivision of Foot and Ankle Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY 10002, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9574-7400
James J ButlerDivision of Foot and Ankle Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY 10002, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4212-5018
Antonio ZaniniS. Anna Clinica Institute, 25127 Brescia, Italy.
Olimpio GalassoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4915-046X
Giorgio GaspariniDepartment of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8256-7697
Alberto MarangonClinic San Francesco, 37127 Verona, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ankle osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative condition that impacts quality of life. Total ankle replacement (TAR) represents a significant advancement in orthopedic surgery.

Indexed as

AOFASfixed bearingmalleolar fracturemobile bearingreturn to activitytotal ankle replacement

Identifiers

PMID40218138
PMCPMC11988321

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