The Assessment of Ankle Osteoarthritis with Weight-Bearing Computed Tomography

Martinus Richter; Cesar de Cesar Netto; Francois Lintz; Alexej Barg; Arne Burssens; Scott Ellis

doi:10.1016/j.fcl.2021.11.001

The Assessment of Ankle Osteoarthritis with Weight-Bearing Computed Tomography

Foot Ankle Clin. 2022 Mar;27(1):13-36. doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2021.11.001. Epub 2022 Jan 31.

Authors

Martinus Richter¹, Cesar de Cesar Netto², Francois Lintz³, Alexej Barg⁴, Arne Burssens⁵, Scott Ellis⁶

Affiliations

¹ International Weight-Bearing CT Society; Department for Foot and Ankle Surgery Rummelsberg and Nuremberg, Rummelsberg 71, 90592 Schwarzenbruck, Germany. Electronic address: martinus.richter@sana.de.
² International Weight-Bearing CT Society; Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
³ International Weight-Bearing CT Society; Clinique de l'Union, Foot and Ankle Surgery Centre, Boulevard de Ratalens, 31240, Saint-Jean, Toulouse, France.
⁴ International Weight-Bearing CT Society; Department of Trauma-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
⁵ International Weight-Bearing CT Society; Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital of Ghent, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België.
⁶ International Weight-Bearing CT Society; The Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.

PMID: 35219362
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2021.11.001

Abstract

The standard for diagnostic radiographic imaging in foot and ankle surgery was until 2012 radiographs with full weight-bearing without any useful alternative. Weight-bearing cone-beam computed tomography (WBCT) was introduced 2012 for foot and ankle use as a new technology that allows 3D imaging with full weight-bearing which should be not influenced by projection and/or foot orientation. The assessment of ankle osteoarthritis with WBCT including the description of healthy status, effect of alignment and7or (in)stability is extensively illustrated in this review article.

Keywords: Alignment; Ankle; Osteoarthritis; WBCT; Weight-bearing CT.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Ankle Joint / diagnostic imaging
Ankle*
Humans
Osteoarthritis* / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Weight-Bearing