Total Ankle Arthroplasty: Report of 6 cases
10.4055/jkoa.1994.29.2.683
- Author:
Mun Kyoo KIM
;
Seok Ha LEE
;
Seong Jong LEE
;
Taik Seon KIM
;
Jai Ik SHIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Ankle;
Total Arthroplasty
- MeSH:
Ankle;
Arthritis, Rheumatoid;
Arthrodesis;
Arthroplasty;
Prosthesis Design
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1994;29(2):683-689
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Ankle arthrodesis has been regarded as a good operative treatment for post traumatic and rheumatoid arthritis of ankle, and ankle arthroplasty has been also developed with several types, from 1970, by Lord & Marotte. Ankle arthroplasty is more functional & less cosmetic troublesome than arthrodesis, and with more developed prosthesis design, more good result will come. The authors operated 6 cases of total ankle arthroplasty for posttraumatic and rheumatoid arthritis of ankle, which were also indications of arthrodesis, and introduce the results and operative problems of ankle arthroplasty.
