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Total Ankle Arthroplasty : Historical Overview, Current Concepts and Future Perspectives / by Beat Hintermann
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: SpringerLink BücherPublisher: Vienna : Springer-Verlag/Wien, 2005Description: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 214 S. Zahlr. Abb., z.Tl. in Farbe, digital)ISBN:- 9783211272541
- 617.47
- 617.5/84
- 610
- RD701-811
- RD561
- WE 880
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Summary: Increasing success of arthroplasty of joints like the hip and knee along with concerns about the long-term outcomes of ankle arthrodesis has renewed interest in ankle arthroplasty. The new implants have been designed with attention to reproducing normal ankle anatomy, joint kinematics, ligament stability, and mechanical alignment. This publication will be the first comprehensive atlas on this topic and offers a unique physiological and mechanical characteristics of the ankle joint and of the selected total ankle system. Furthermore it will greatly enhance ones knowledge of this dynamic field aPPN: PPN: 1647306515Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-SMI | ZDB-2-SME
Preliminaries; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Introduction; Characteristics of the Diseased Ankle; Ankle Arthrodesis; Anatomic and Biomechanical Characteristics of the Ankle Joint; History of Total Ankle Arthroplasty; Current Designs of Total Ankle Prostheses; Preoperative Considerations for Total Ankle Arthroplasty; Surgical Techniques; Postoperative Care and Follow-up; Complications of Total Ankle Arthroplasty; Future Directions; Subject Index
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