In a poignant LinkedIn post that has resonated across the orthopedic community, Robert Clayton, President of the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, shared a bittersweet milestone: he implanted what is believed to be the last Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement (STAR) in the United Kingdom.Developed in the 1970s by Hakon Kofoed and refined over decades, the STAR ankle prosthesis boasts the longest-standing survivorship data of any current ankle implant, with excellent long-term outcomes backed by years of real-world evidence.
Yet, it's being withdrawn—not because it fails patients, b...
