Artificial joint replacements for the hip or knee have proven successful over many years, and now Duke University Hospital specialist believe they've developed an ankle replacement that could bring ...

DISEASE. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER DISCOVERED A BREAKTHROUGH WAY TO CONDUCT TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT SURGERY. THE PROCEDURE IS CALLED ZIMMER BIOMET. TRABECULAR METAL TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT. IT’S A LONG ...

The University hired Dr. Chris Coetzee last August to do one thing: bring ankle- and foot-replacement surgery back to the Medical School after a 20-year absence. During a two-hour ankle-replacement ...

When persistent or severe arthritis from a chronic ankle injury or fracture makes walking, exercise, or climbing stairs unbearable, it’s time to consider your treatment options. Ankle replacement ...

DURHAM (WTVD) -- Watching Nancy Bryson walk now, you'd never know something so simple was once a real struggle for her. "I couldn't walk on ground unless it was level, and it would just take a small ...

Arthritis can be debilitating anywhere in the body, but for 61-year-old David Sander, the pain in his ankle was keeping him from enjoying retirement. “If I walked one day, I couldn’t walk for two,” ...

The last of the baby boomers have turned fifty and, in reaching this milestone, have entered the demographic age of arthritis sufferers. Living with constant pain may not be such a concern, however, ...

Dr. Bryce Paschold of OSF HealthCare reveals advances in total ankle replacement, enhancing outcomes for arthritis patients ...

WEBVTT UNTIL RECENTLY, THE PAIN WAS CONSTANT FOR JIMMY. >> PROBABLY A SIX OR SEVEN. EMILY: EVERY DAY? >> EVERY DAY. IN 2011, HE BROKE HIS ANKLE IN THREE PLACES AND WENT THROUGH SEVERAL SURGERIES, BUT ...

A doctor might recommend ankle arthroplasty (ankle replacement surgery) if you have ankle arthritis or joint damage due to a previous ankle injury. The procedure relieves pain while retaining the ...

Dodgers infielder/outfielder Tommy Edman will undergo surgery on his right ankle next week. General manager Brandon Gomes ...

A breakthrough procedure is helping patients when it comes to total ankle replacement surgery. Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore studied the procedure called Zimmer Biomet Trabecular Metal Total Ankle ...