If your ankle has been bothering you for a while and you’ve been told that an ankle replacement procedure is likely in your future, you may have begun to assess which surgeon would be right for your procedure. Do you go with a podiatric surgeon, who focuses on only the feet and ankles, or an […]
What Causes Ankle Arthritis?
When you hear the term arthritis, you probably think about it affecting your knee or the small joints in your hand, but arthritis is also pretty common in your ankles. Arthritis develops when the cartilage in your joints degenerates, making movements difficult and more painful. Since your ankle joints are used so frequently on a […]
Total Ankle Replacement Cheaper In Outpatient Surgery Centers
New research presented at the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeons Annual Meeting suggests that total ankle replacement operations performed at outpatient ambulatory surgical centers offered significant cost savings compared to inpatient facilities. “Performing total ankle replacement in ambulatory surgery centers is cost-effective,” said Christopher E Gross, MD, in an interview with Orthopedics Today. “We encourage […]
Obesity Inhibits Total Ankle Replacement Surgery Success
Research presented at the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society annual meeting suggests that obese patients face an increased risk of ankle implant failure after a total ankle replacement compared to normal weight individuals. To learn more about the success rates of ankle replacement surgery based on patient weight, researchers conducted a retrospective study of […]
Ankle Replacements Are Keeping Patients Moving
A short while ago Dr. Silverman was featured on KARE 11 for a story on total ankle replacement. We were more than happy to open our doors for the media, and now the story has been picked up by the Minnesota Sun Current. We’re glad the story has received a little more traction, and we […]