Primary Ankle Replacement
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: This chapter focuses on the issues surrounding and implications of primary total ankle replacements. It will also give the reader background information about the history and…
Associated Angulatory (Tibia and Fibula) Deformities
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Angular deformities of the leg, whether due to previous trauma (most often) or congenital, pose a major additional challenge when planning and performing a total ankle…
The “Young” Arthritic Ankle: Treatment Options in Arthrodesis
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Tibiotalar arthritis in the young patient that warrants fusion is typically due to either posttraumatic or inflammatory ankle pathology. The decision for tibiotalar fusion is based…
Distraction Arthroplasty for the Treatment of Ankle Arthritis
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: This chapter introduces the reader to “ankle joint preservation arthroplasty” and the role of ankle distraction, or arthrodiastasis, in the treatment of ankle arthritis. Evaluation of,…
Allograft Resurfacing of the Tibiotalar Joint
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Biological alternatives to inorganic implant arthroplasty exist in the form of allograft implants to resurface the ankle. The talar and tibial bone–cartilage grafts are freshly harvested…
Tibial Osteotomy for Ankle Arthritis
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Tibial osteotomies are used to improve the pain of ankle arthritis when there is deformity in the tibia, as seen after trauma or with congenital deformities….
Ankle Arthroscopy
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Ankle arthroscopy is becoming a more useful procedure to treat and possibly prevent ankle arthritis. Synovectomy, loose body removal, “meniscoid lesons,” repair of osteochondral lesions, and…
Functional Assessment of Patients with Ankle Arthritis
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: This chapter discusses different tools used to assess the function of patients with ankle arthritis. Some of these tools are disease and location specific; most, however,…
Nonoperative Management of Ankle Arthritis
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Management of painful arthritis of the ankle is directed at reducing the pain and maintaining function. There are medications that can reduce pain, exercises that maintain…
Ankle Arthritis Etiology and Prevention
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Ankle arthritis is less prevalent than that of the other major lower extremity joints. Neuropathic arthritis is increasing in prevalence, as is ankle pain due to…
