Analysis of retrieved Agility™ total ankle arthroplasty systems

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 815-823

  Vaupel, Zachary ^a   Baker, Erin A ^a,b   Baker, Kevin C ^a   Kurdziel, Michael D ^a   Fortin, Paul T ^a  

^a Research Institute ^*

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agility total ankle; Damage; Osteolysis; Subsidence; Total ankle arthroplasty; Wear

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METAL; PALLADIUM; POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

ABRASION; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTACT STRESS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSTEOLYSIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TALUS; TIBIA; TOTAL ANKLE ARTHROPLASTY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 70349090175     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2009.0815     Document Type: Article

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