Conversion of Painful Ankle Arthrodesis to Total Ankle Replacement Mark E. Easley Manuel J. Pellegrini INTRODUCTION Conversion of the painful ankle arthrodesis to total ankle replacement (TAR) remains controversial. Despite…
Polyethylene Michael Aynardi David Pedowitz INTRODUCTION For more than five decades, polyethylene has been one of the most common bearing surface materials used in joint arthroplasty. Although total hip and…
The Zimmer Trabecular Metal Total Ankle System: Features and Techniques Stuart H. Myers Lew C. Schon INTRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURES The Zimmer Trabecular Metal (TM) total ankle implant has numerous design…
Conversion to Fusion Christopher E. Gross Selene G. Parekh INTRODUCTION Ankle arthrodesis has long been considered the surgical gold standard for ankle arthritis that has failed to respond to conservative…
Total Ankle Arthroplasty Rehabilitation Gregory C. Berlet James Wilgus Matthew T. Crill Jeffrey E. McAlister Jaymes D. Granata INTRODUCTION Total joint replacement (TJR) surgery has seen an evolution over the…
Results of Modern Total Ankle Arthroplasty Samuel B. Adams Jr Mark E. Easley INTRODUCTION Total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) is becoming a popular alternative to ankle arthrodesis for the treatment of…
Revision Total Ankle Replacement Sameh A. Labib Mark E. Magill INTRODUCTION The ankle joint is a highly constrained one with a surface area that is one-third of the knee and…
Mobility Implant: Features, Technique, and Results Pascal Rippstein INTRODUCTION The Mobility total ankle system is a cementless, unconstrained three-component mobile-bearing ankle prosthesis, which has been designed by three surgeons—Chris Coetzee,…
Aseptic Loosening Murray J. Penner Sulaiman A. Almousa Lee Kolla INTRODUCTION The leading cause of failure and subsequent revision surgery following total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) is aseptic loosening.1 However, exact…
Complications After Total Ankle Replacement Victor Valderrabano Alexej Barg INTRODUCTION In the past decades, substantial progresses have been made in total ankle replacement (TAR). However, TAR still remains an evolving…
