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ArticleFoot & ankle international2026

Total Ankle Arthroplasty vs Arthrodesis in an HbA

Ahmad Almaat, Alqasim Elnaggar, Kareem Tayeb, Chayton Fivecoat, Malik Al-Jamal, Muaaz Wajahath, David Allen, Brandon W King

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Article in Foot & ankle international, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Ahmad AlmaatWayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-1170-3683
Alqasim ElnaggarWayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-0817-3798
Kareem TayebWayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
Chayton FivecoatWayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
Malik Al-JamalWayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
Muaaz WajahathMichigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA.
David AllenWayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-6340-0240
Brandon W KingDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with diabetes are at increased risk for postoperative complications after ankle arthrodesis (AA) and total ankle arthroplasty (TAA), yet few studies directly compare outcomes between these procedures in a matched diabetic cohort. This study evaluates outcomes of TAA vs AA in patients with diabetes with end-stage ankle arthritis.

methodsWe performed a retrospective cohort study using the TriNetX Research Network. Adults undergoing primary TAA (

resultsAfter propensity score matching, 255 patients remained in each group. At 1 year, postoperative infection occurred in 5.5% of TAA patients and 9.4% of AA patients; this difference did not meet statistical significance after false discovery rate (FDR) adjustment. ED visits were more common in the AA cohort at 1, 3, and 5 years after FDR correction. Structural complications occurred more frequently in the AA cohort at 1 year (29.8% vs 15.3%; RR 0.51), 3 years (38.8% vs 20.0%; RR 0.52), and 5 years (39.6% vs 21.2%; RR 0.54), and these differences were statistically supported after FDR adjustment.

conclusionIn patients with a recorded HbA

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Ankle JointArthrodesisArthroplasty, Replacement, AnkleDiabetes MellitusGlycated HemoglobinPostoperative ComplicationsAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPropensity ScoreRetrospective StudiesGlycated Hemoglobinankle arthrodesiscomplicationsdiabetes mellitushemoglobin A1csurgical outcomestotal ankle arthroplasty

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