Total Ankle Replacements are on the rise – 4 approved by FDA in the US, 50 approved WW

Ankle Replacements –Growing Stepchild of Hips & Knees (Orthopedics This Week)
Although the basic technology for ankle replacements was developed about 30 years ago, widespread acceptance did not take off—as it did for hips and knees—in part because the ankle technology was not yet satisfactory. In the 1970s, “everybody gave up on them,” said James Bodsky, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon in Dallas and a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He is quoted October 17 by Ellyn Couvillion of the Baton Rouge Advocate.
That situation has now c...