Foot & Ankle Talks:
Total ankle replacement
Description: Dr. Adams and Dr. Palanca discuss their experiences with total ankle replacements covering everything from patient selection to post-operative protocol. Hear their similarities and differences in opinions on various approaches in this total ankle replacement course.
Learning objective:
- Cover patient selection factors such as age, arthritis stage, smoking factors, activity level
- Best practices for wound management
- Discuss the mobile bearing total ankle
- Understanding different types of ankle deformity as it relates to total ankle replacement
- Describing ancillary procedures that can be done concurrently or staged with ankle replacement
- Defining post-operative protocols for ankle replacement
- Discuss tips & tricks related to the STAR prosthesis
Course instructor:
Samuel Adams, MD and Ariel Palanca, MD
TEACH Talks: Course overview
Drs. Adams, Palanca and Willis are paid consultants of Stryker. The opinions expressed during their presentation are those of Drs. Adams, Palanca and Willis and not necessarily those of Stryker. Individual results may vary. The material presented is intended for educational purposes only. A surgeon must always rely on his or her own professional clinical judgment when deciding whether to use a particular product when treating a particular patient. Stryker does not dispense medical advice and recommends that surgeons be trained in the use of any particular product before using it in surgery. Stryker does not endorse or support the unapproved uses of its products.
CP-AWI-33, 07-2019