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Current Status of Total Ankle Replacement

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Clinical experience with total ankle replacement (TAR) has been disappointing overall. However, satisfactory results in rheumatoid patients and elderly patients with posttraumatic osteoarthritis (OA) (who are less physically active) have been achieved. Knowledge gained from further study of the mechanical function of the normal, diseased and prosthetic ankle joint should allow development of improved TAR design for better function and durability.

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  1. Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

    Richard N. Stauffer

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  1. Department of Orthopedics, Kobe University School of Medicine, 5-1, Kusunoki-cho 7-chome, Kobe, 650, Japan

    Kazushi Hirohata MD (Professor and Chairman) & Masahiro Kurosaka MD (Lecturer) (Professor and Chairman) &  (Lecturer)

  2. Clinical Mechanics Group, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada

    T. Derek V. Cooke MA, MB, B Chir, FRCS(C) (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Stauffer, R.N. (1989). Current Status of Total Ankle Replacement. In: Hirohata, K., Kurosaka, M., Cooke, T.D.V. (eds) Joint Surgery Up to Date. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68096-3_9

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