AUG 17, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Influence of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatment of Ankle Osteoarthritis
Foot & Ankle Specialist
Retrospective cohort study with propensity matching in a large registry showing differential effects of GLP-1 use on ankle OA interventions by metabolic phenotype, but limited by observational design, inability to control unmeasured confounding, and lack of mechanistic explanation for conflicting outcomes between cohorts.
Reported
Ankle joint injection risk in obe…HR = 0.8, 95% CI = 0.6–0.9
TAA risk in obese cohortHR = 0.5, 95% CI = 0.3–0.9
Arthroscopy risk in diabetic coho…HR = 1.9, 95% CI = 1.2–3.2