Total ankle arthroplasty using biological fixation components compared to ankle arthrodesis

• Published in: Orthopedics (Thorofare, N.J.) Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 125 - 131
• Main Author: SCHOLZ, K. C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thorofare, NJ Slack 1987; SLACK INCORPORATED
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Ankle Joint - diagnostic imaging; Ankle Joint - surgery; Arthrodesis; Biological and medical sciences; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Female; Humans; Joint Prosthesis; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Orthopedic surgery; Osteotomy - methods; Prosthesis Design; Radiography; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Human; Radiography; Ankle joint; Orthopedic surgery; Prosthesis; Materials; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Lower limb; Arthrodesis; Biomedical engineering; Foot

When conservative measures fail to alleviate pain and disability of ankle joint disease, tibiotalar arthrodesis is the present accepted surgical treatment. Unfortunately, ankle arthrodesis also carries a significant rate of complications and the success rate does not parallel the results of hip and...