Current Status of Ankle Arthroplasty

✍ Scribed by A. Lundberg (auth.), Dr. Hakon Kofoed (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 159
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Since the 1980s, ankle arthroplasty has been considered a dubious treatment for painful and degenerated joints. Many of the concerns that existed previously have been solved today. Prosthetic replacement of other joints also took a long time before reaching their present successful status. This is the first book to deal with ankle arthroplasty. International experts have given their opinion on (i) the kinematics of the ankle; (ii) the basics of replacing the ankle joint; and (iii) the current status of several modern ankle-prosthesis designs. A better understanding of the ankle kinematics, alignment techniques and biological stabilisation and the results of newer designs have changed the former attitude worldwide. The content of this book bears evidence for this change in opinion.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Kinematics of the Normal Ankle Joint....Pages 3-7
Why an Ankle Arthroplasty?....Pages 8-9
What Went Wrong with the First Generation of Ankle Arthroplasties?....Pages 10-15
Ankle Arthroplasty: Indications, Alignment, Stability and Gain in Mobility....Pages 16-21
Cemented and Uncemented Ankle Endoprosthesis: Clinical and Pedobarographic Results....Pages 22-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
The Low Contact Stress/Buechel-Pappas Total Ankle Prosthesis....Pages 29-33
Total Ankle Replacement (LINK S.T.A.R) for Rheumatoid Arthritis....Pages 34-36
Cementless Ankle Arthroplasty in the United States of America: The Alvine Agility Total Ankle Arthroplasty....Pages 37-40
Current Results of Ankle Arthroplasty — European Multi-Center Study of Cementless Ankle Arthroplasty....Pages 41-46
Comparison of Cemented and Cementless Ankle Arthroplasty....Pages 47-49
Revision of Different Ankle Prostheses....Pages 50-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
The Fibula Rotates During Motion in the Ankle Joint....Pages 59-63
Kinematic Changes of the Ankle-Joint Complex Caused by Selective Arthrodesis....Pages 64-67
Clinical Study of Total Ankle Arthroplasty Using Gait Analysis (5-Year Follow-Up)....Pages 68-71
The Value of Ankle Prostheses — A Gait Analysis Approach....Pages 72-77
In Vivo Stabilometry of Meniscal-Bearing Ankle Prosthesis....Pages 78-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
First Experience and Early Results with an Uncemented Total Ankle Arthroplasty....Pages 83-85
Medium-Term Results in Rheumatoid Arthritis with the Bath and Wessex Ankle Prosthesis....Pages 86-89
Ankle Arthroplasty: A Clinical Follow-Up....Pages 90-93
Cemented Ankle Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis — Long-Term Results....Pages 94-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Ankle Arthroplasty — The RAMSES Prosthesis....Pages 99-105
Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement (LINK S.T.A.R.): Technical Problems and Solutions....Pages 106-110
Our Experience with a Spherical Total Ankle Replacement....Pages 111-115
Medium-Term Results of Cementless Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement Prosthesis (LINK S.T.A.R.) for Osteoarthritis....Pages 116-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Arthrodesis of the Ankle....Pages 121-125
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Long-Term Complications of Ankle Arthrodesis — A Survey....Pages 129-131
Bone Mineral Density in the Distal Tibia and in the Os Calcis After Ankle Arthroplasty....Pages 132-134
Comparison of Five Different Scoring Systems for Ankle Arthroplasty....Pages 135-137
Patients’ Visual Analogue Ankle Scoring....Pages 138-141
Radiographic Passive Mobility of Ankle Joints Before and After Ankle Arthroplasty....Pages 142-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Instructional Lecture. Can the Ankle Joint Be Replaced? Yes....Pages 149-154
Back Matter....Pages 155-159

✦ Subjects

Orthopedics; Traumatic Surgery