Incidence of revision after primary implantation of the Salto ® mobile version and Salto Talaris ™ total ankle prostheses: a systematic review.

The incidence of revision of total ankle replacement prostheses remains unclear. We undertook a systematic review to identify the material relating to the incidence of revision after implantation of the Salto(®) mobile version and Salto Talaris™ total ankle prostheses. Studies were eligible for inclusion only if they had involved primary total ankle replacement with these prostheses and had included the incidence of revision. Eight studies involving 1,209 Salto(®) mobile version prostheses, with a weighted mean follow-up period of 55.2 months, and 5 studies involving 212 Salto Talaris™ total ankle prostheses, with a weighted mean follow-up period of 34.9 months, were included. Forty-eight patients with Salto(®) mobile version prostheses (4%) underwent revision, of whom 24 (70.5%) underwent ankle arthrodesis, 9 (26.5%) metallic component replacement, and 1 (3%) below-the-knee amputation. Five (2.4%) Salto Talaris™ total ankle prostheses underwent revision (3 metallic component replacement and 2 ankle arthrodeses). Restricting the data to the inventor, design team, or disclosed consultants, the incidence of revision was 5.2% for the Salto(®) mobile version and 2.6% for the Salto Talaris™ total ankle prostheses. In contrast, data that excluded these individuals had an incidence of revision of 2.8% for the Salto(®) mobile version and 2.0% for the Salto Talaris™ total ankle prostheses. We could not identify any obvious difference in the etiology responsible for the incidence of revision between these mobile- and fixed-bearing prostheses. The incidence of revision for the Salto(®) mobile version and Salto Talaris™ total ankle prostheses was lower than those reported through systematic review for the Agility™ and Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement™ systems without obvious selection (inventor) or publication (conflict of interest) bias.