Article: Research findings from Dalhousie University update understanding of arthroplasty.

In this recent report, researchers in Halifax, Canada conducted a study "Total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) has become a viable treatment for end-stage ankle arthrosis. Current literature on survival rates and complications of TAA consist of mostly retrospective Level IV papers that do not provide a system for classifying complications."

"The aim of the current review is to provide a summary of TAA implant survival and complication rates from current literature on outcomes of second or third generation ankle prostheses and subsequently propose a classification system. A literature review was used to identify articles reporting complications and failures of TAA ankle ...

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