Research Article
Long-Term Effectiveness of Cementless Shallow-sulcus and Deep-sulcus Mobile-Bearing Total Ankle Replacements: 2 Case Reports with over 20 years Follow-up
| Frederick F. Buechel1 and Michael J. Pappas2* | ||
| 1Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA | ||
| 2Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, USA | ||
| Corresponding Author : | Michael J. Pappas Department of Mechanical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology Newyark, New Jersey, 8650 South Ocean Drive Apt 1203, Jensen Beach FL 34957, USA Tel: 1019732269582 E-mail: mjpappas32@comcast.net |
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| Received August 25, 2014; Accepted September 25, 2014; Published October 02, 2014 | ||
| Citation: Buechel FF, et al. (2014) Long-Term Effectiveness of Cementless Shallow-sulcus and Deep-sulcus Mobile-Bearing Total Ankle Replacements: 2 Case Reports with over 20 years Follow-up. Clin Res Foot Ankle 2:153. doi:10.4172/2329-910X.1000153 | ||
| Copyright: © 2014 Buechel FF, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | ||
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Abstract
Long-term studies of 20 years or more concerning ankle replacements are rare. Problems of loosening, avascular necrosis of the talus, component subsidence, osteolysis, bearing dislocation, bearing wear, stress fractures and infections have been reported causes of failure
