Oct 21 min read
Outcomes in Total Ankle Arthroplasty (TAA) Revision: Can We Correct Our Failures?
by Vince Vacketta, DPM A recent retrospective study by Wu et al. aims to shed light on outcomes of revision TAA. Between 2008 and 2022,...
Jul 101 min read
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...
Jul 21 min read
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...
Nov 1, 20231 min read
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...
May 18, 20231 min read
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...
May 4, 20231 min read
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...
