total ankle arthroplasty

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...

Joint Line Considerations in TAA

by Vince Vacketta, DPM The importance of restoring the native joint line has been well studied in TKA. As surgeons continue to work to...

Preoperative Patient Related Factors and TAR Outcomes

Some patients report poor health-related quality of life after undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA). Gustafsson et al. conducted a...

Crouching (or Limping) Tiger

The world watched Tiger Woods limp off the golf course after setting his 36th record at Augusta National. This time the record was making...