Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Brief Review
Ankle fusion has long been the standard of treatment for end-stage ankle arthritis, and a successful arthroplasty has been a long sought alternative. It is a motion sparing procedure and may greatly reduce the potential for adjacent level degeneration as seen with arthrodesis. The typical candidate...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210491711000819 |