[Total ankle replacement in rheumatoid arthritis].

Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic disease directly involving multiple joints and indirectly damages bone due to specific medicinal therapy. When deciding on the optimal surgical treatment of inflammatory ankle arthritis (fusion versus arthroplasty), specific factors have to be considered. This review discusses the advantages and disadvantages of total ankle arthroplasty for patients with rheumatoid arthritis and highlights important surgical aspects related to this disease.