Total Ankle Replacement
Enovis receives FDA approval for patient-specific total ankle replacement instrumentation
Enovis Corporation has announced FDA approval of the Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement Patient Specific Instrumentation for use with the company’s total ankle replacement system, according to a company press release.
Ankle replacement, fusion yield similar clinical scores for patients with end-stage OA
Total ankle replacement and ankle fusion for patients with end-stage ankle osteoarthritis had similar clinical outcome scores at 52 weeks after surgery, according to published results.
VIDEO: Weight, hindfoot arthrodesis are risk factors for total ankle replacement failure
QUEBEC CITY — In this video from the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Annual Meeting, Jensen K. Henry, MD, discussed risk factors for early mechanical failure and revision after total ankle replacement.
Men, women with ankle arthritis may benefit from total ankle replacement, arthrodesis
Men and women with end-stage ankle arthritis benefited from total ankle replacement and ankle arthrodesis, with small differences in pain and function disappearing after controlling for potential confounding variables.
Primary, revision ankle replacements yielded improved functional outcomes at 2 years
Results presented at the Virtual EFORT Congress showed patients who underwent either primary or revision ankle replacement had improved functional outcomes at 2-year follow-up.
National joint registries show differences in utilization of ankle replacements
Published results showed marked differences in the utilization of ankle replacement across six countries with national registries.
26-year-old man with ankle pain, swelling after victory leap over tennis net
A 26-year-old man hurdled over a tennis net to celebrate winning a match. He landed awkwardly on the lateral edge of his right foot, felt a pop and noted immediate pain and swelling as he collapsed onto the court.
Total talus replacement can be an alternative option for patients with avascular necrosis
The talus connects the foot to the lower leg and is crucial for foot and ankle mobility, but it receives a low blood supply compared to its neighboring bones — the tibia, fibula and calcaneus — resulting in difficult healing.