Total Ankle Arthroplasty: Historical Overview, Current Concepts and Future Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Prof. Dr. Beat Hintermann (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Wien
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 205
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Increasing success of arthroplasty of joints like the hip and knee along with concerns about the long-term outcomes of ankle arthrodesis has renewed interest in ankle arthroplasty. The new implants have been designed with attention to reproducing normal ankle anatomy, joint kinematics, ligament stability, and mechanical alignment. This publication will be the first comprehensive atlas on this topic and offers a unique physiological and mechanical characteristics of the ankle joint and of the selected total ankle system. Furthermore it will greatly enhance one’s knowledge of this dynamic field and stimulate the scientific approach to management of end-stage arthritis of the ankle. It reflects the author’s accumulated experience of the last decade with extended laboratory work on biomechanics of the ankle joint complex and more than 350 total ankle procedures. The atlas is well illustrated with many impressive figures, drawings and coloured pictures.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction....Pages 1-4
Characteristics of the Diseased Ankle....Pages 5-9
Ankle Arthrodesis....Pages 11-24
Anatomic and Biomechanical Characteristics of the Ankle Joint and Total Ankle Arthroplasty....Pages 25-42
History of Total Ankle Arthroplasty....Pages 43-57
Current Designs of Total Ankle Prostheses....Pages 59-89
Preoperative Considerations for Total Ankle Arthroplasty....Pages 91-104
Surgical Techniques....Pages 105-126
Postoperative Care and Follow-Up....Pages 127-133
What is Feasible in Total Ankle Arthroplasty?....Pages 135-162
Complications of Total Ankle Arthroplasty....Pages 163-184
Future Directions....Pages 185-187

✦ Subjects

Surgical Orthopedics;Orthopedics;Surgery;Thoracic Surgery