arthrodesis

Total Ankle Arthroplasty (TAA) versus Ankle Arthrodesis (AA): Insights From Germany

by Vince Vacketta, DPM Another retrospective comparative study has been published, this time using a German insurance database to...

Pain After Ankle Arthroplasty (AA): Is Conversion to Total Ankle Arthrodesis (TAA) Truly Viable?

Debilitating ankle osteoarthritis (OA) affects a broad demographic of patients. Considerations for procedure selection between AA and TAA...

Malpractice Litigation and Hindfoot Fusion

by Vince Vacketta, DPM Medical malpractice litigation is an unfortunate aspect of any physician’s or surgeon's practice. Orthopedic...

AVN & Prosthetic Replacement of the Talus

Avascular necrosis of the talus has been a diagnosis vexing foot-and-ankle surgeons for a long time. Real pain and disability with...

Distraction Arthroplasty: Adjuvant Procedures May Be Doing More Harm Than Good

Distraction Arthroplasty (DA) is an alternative for select patients in the treatment of ankle osteoarthrosis. Distraction offloads the...

Well, This Is Taking Wearable to the Next Level

Imagine not wearing an Apple watch or Oura ring, but rather having an internal sensor that communicates your physiologic data back to...

Total Ankle Arthroplasty With Anatomic Lateral Ankle Stabilization (ATLAS)?

A retrospective case series in the Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery, “Total Ankle Arthroplasty With Anatomic Lateral Ankle Stabilization...

The Medial Double Arthrodesis: Over-rated?

There is little debate regarding the utility of arthrodesis type procedures in the treatment of end-stage adult acquired flatfoot...

MedShape, CurveBeam Initiate Joint Prospective Clinical Study

MedShape and CurveBeam have announced the initiation of a first it’s kind Joint Prospective Clinical Study: Tibiotalocalcaneal...