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AAOS Now, February 2018

A Minimally Invasive Option for the Arthritic Ankle

Dominic Carreira, MD; Brendan Emmons, BS

The treatment of ankle arthritis continues to evolve. Ankle arthrodesis remains a popular choice among patients and surgeons, despite the increased utilization and improved results recently reported with ankle replacement and distraction arthroplasty. A successful ankle arthrodesis that achieves a bony union in good position is often a permanent solution for ankle pain.
Second Look – Clinical News and Views

These items originally appeared in AAOS Headline News Now, a thrice-weekly enewsletter that keeps AAOS members up to date on clinical, socioeconomic, and political issues, with links to more detailed information. Subscribe at www.aaos.org/news/news.asp (member login required). OA prevalence—A study in the American Journal of Public Health (online) examining trends in arthritis finds that prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) has more than doubled in the United States from 1999 to 2014.