Since the 1980s, ankle arthroplasty has been considered a dubious treatment for painful and degenerated joints. Many of the concerns that existed previously have been solved today. Prosthetic replacement of other joints also took a long time before reaching their present successful status. This is the first book to deal with ankle arthroplasty. International experts have given their opinion on (i) the kinematics of the ankle; (ii) the basics of replacing the ankle joint; and (iii) the current status of several modern ankle-prosthesis designs. A better understanding of the ankle kinematics, alignment techniques and biological stabilisation and the results of newer designs have changed the former attitude worldwide. The content of this book bears evidence for this change in opinion.

I The Basics of Ankle Arthroplasty

1 Kinematics of the Normal Ankle Joint A. LUNDBERG
2 Why an Ankle Arthroplasty?
3 What Went Wrong with the First Generation of Ankle Arthroplasties?
4 Ankle Arthroplasty: Indications, Alignment, Stability and Gain in Mobility
5 Cemented and Uncemented Ankle Endoprosthesis: Clinical and Pedobarographic Results
II Current Results of Ankle Arthroplasty
6 The Low Contact Stress/Buechel-Pappas Total Ankle Prosthesis
7 Total Ankle Replacement (LINK S.T.A.R.) for Rheumatoid Arthritis
8 Cementless Ankle Arthroplasty in the United States of America: The Agility Total Ankle Arthroplasty
9 Current Results of Ankle Arthroplasty -European Multi-Center Study of Cementless Ankle Arthroplasty
10 Comparison of Cemented and Cementless Ankle Arthoplasty
11 Revision of Different Ankle Prosthesis Å.S. CARLSSON
III Laboratory Investigations
12 The Fibula Rotates During Motion in the Ankle Joint
13 Kinematic Changes of the Ankle-joint Complex Caused by Selective Arthrodesis
14 Clinical Study of Total Ankle Arthroplasty Using Gait Analysis (5-Year Follow-Up)
15 The Value of Ankle Prostheses -A Gait Analysis Approach
16 In Vivo Stabilometry of Meniscal-Bearing Ankle Prosthesis
IV Ankle Arthroplasty and Rheumatoid Arthritis
17 First Experience and Early Results with an Uncemented Total Ankle Arthroplasty
18 Medium-Term Results in Rheumatoid Arthritis with the Bath and Wessex Ankle Prosthesi
19 Ankle Arthroplasty: A Clinical Follow-Up
20 Cemented Ankle Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis -Long-Term Results
V Ankle Arthroplasty and Osteoarthritis
21 Ankle Arthroplasty -The RAMSES Prosthesis
22 Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement (LINK S.T.A.R.) Technical Problems and Solutions
23 OurExperience With a Spherical Total Ankle Replacement
24 Medium-Term Results of Cementless Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement Prosthesis (LINK .T.A.R.) for Osteoarthritis
VI Instructional Lecture
25 Arthrodesis of the Ankle
VII Miscellaneous About Ankles
26 Long-Term Complications of Ankle Arthrodesis -A Survey
27 Bone Mineral Density in the Distal Tibia and in the Os Calcis After Ankle Arthroplasty
28 Comparison of Five Different Scoring Systems for Ankle Arthroplasty
29 Patients' Visual Analogue Ankle Scoring
30 Radiographic Passive Mobiltiy of Ankle Joints Before and After Ankle Arthroplasty
VIII Instructional Lecture
31 Instructional Lecture. Can the Ankle Joint Be Replaced? Yes.