Ewha Med J.
1993 Dec;16(4):413-421. 10.12771/emj.1993.16.4.413.
Total Ankle Arthroplasty
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mok-Dong Hospital, Korea.
- KMID: 1965097
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1993.16.4.413
Abstract
- Ankle Arthrodesis has been regarded as a good operative treatment for post traumatic and Rheumatoid arthritis of ankle, and Ankle Arthroplasty has been also developed with several types, from 1970, by Lord & Marotte. Ankle arthroplasty is more functional & less cosmetic troublesome than arthrodesis, and with more developed prosthesis design, more good result will come. The authors operated 6 cases of Total Ankle arthroplasty for post traumatic and Rheumatoid Arthritis of ankle, which were also indications of arthrodesis, and introduce the results and operative problems of ankle arthroplasty.
