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 ...

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 ...

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

SPRINGFIELD - It is a joint you might take for granted most days, but one that is key to mobility and arthritic pain in it can greatly impact lifestyle. If severe enough, some sufferers find ...

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, ...

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,” ...

Total ankle replacement, or ankle arthroplasty, has increasingly been used in the last 15 years to treat crippling ankle arthritis as the surgical techniques and the materials used for prostheses have ...

(WXYZ) — When we’re feeling good, we don't think about all of the small movements we make throughout the day - stepping, bending, reaching. But when joint ...

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 ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: I’ve had arthritis for years, but the place where it bothers me the most is in my ankles. I’m considering ankle replacement surgery, but I’ve read it’s risky. How do surgeons ...

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 ...

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 ...