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Three electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus) were searched until 10 April 2023. The Cochrane Collaboration\u2019s risk-of-bias tool was used to assess the risk of bias and grading of the recommendations assessment, development, and evaluation system for each outcome. The between-study variance was estimated using a random-effects model. A total of 13 studies (including n = 994 participants) met the inclusion criteria. The meta-analysis results revealed a nom-significant (p = 0.072) odds ratio (OR) of 0.54 (0.28\u20131.07) for the fusion rate. Regarding operation time, a non-significant difference (p = 0.573) among both surgical techniques was found (mean differences (MD) = 3.40 min [\u221211.08 to 17.88]). However, hospital length stay and overall complications revealed significant differences (MD = 2.29 days [0.63 to 3.95], p = 0.017 and OR = 0.47 [0.26 to 0.83], p = 0.016), respectively. Our findings showed a non-statistically significant fusion rate. On the other hand, operation time was similar among both surgical techniques, without significant differences. Nevertheless, lower hospital stay was found in patients that were operated on with arthroscopy. Finally, for the outcome of overall complications, the ankle arthroscopy technique was a protective factor in comparison with open surgery.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12103574","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,22]],"date-time":"2023-05-22T02:00:27Z","timestamp":1684720827000},"page":"3574","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":30,"title":["Arthroscopic vs. Open-Ankle Arthrodesis on Fusion Rate in Ankle Osteoarthritis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Alejandro","family":"Lorente","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Ankle and Foot Surgery Unit, Department of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Ram\u00f3n y Cajal, 28034 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Leire","family":"Pelaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ankle and Foot Surgery Unit, Department of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Ram\u00f3n y Cajal, 28034 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pablo","family":"Palacios","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery, Sanchinarro University Hospital, 28050 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Iker J.","family":"Bautista","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Sport, Nursing, and Allied Health, University of Chichester, Chichister PO19 6PE, UK"},{"name":"Physiotherapy Department, Valencia Catholic University of Valencia, 46900 Valencia, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5166-198X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gonzalo","family":"Mariscal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Research on Musculoskeletal Disorders, School of Medicine, Valencia Catholic University, 46001 Valencia, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6657-7246","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carlos","family":"Barrios","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Research on Musculoskeletal Disorders, School of Medicine, Valencia Catholic University, 46001 Valencia, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rafael","family":"Lorente","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, University Hospital of Badajoz, 06080 Badajoz, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"280","article-title":"Current concepts in osteoarthritis of the ankle","volume":"35","author":"Khlopas","year":"2019","journal-title":"Surg. 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