Cam McCormick, after nine long years in college football, joins the NFL. He is now a scouting assistant for the New England ...

Before ankle replacement gained acceptance, ankle fusion surgery was the standard treatment for ankle arthritis. In an ankle fusion, the two bones of the ankle, the tibia and the talus, are joined ...

Lying on the operating table, Allison Aviles watched her surgery being performed on her ankle in real-time. This was the third-ever awake ankle surgery performed in Connecticut. All three have been ...

They'll attach them with plates, nails, screws, or other hardware. Your surgeon may also use a bone graft to help the bones heal together. In some cases, an ankle fusion can be done with minimally ...

During ORIF surgery, the orthopedic surgeon will: Make an incision over the ankle to access the fracture site directly. Reposition the broken bone fragments back into their normal alignment. Secure ...

After the surgery, Svitolina was as nervous as she had been before going under for it. As a player whose movement has been the foundation of her game for her whole career, she was anxious about how ...

“Moses Simon, with my approval, had surgery to remove the plate and screws from his ankle—his well-known procedure,” Kombouaré said in his pre-match press conference. “He had been ...

Ankle replacement surgery, also known as total ankle arthroplasty (TAA), is a procedure designed to relieve pain and maintain motion and function in the ankle joint by replacing a damaged or arthritic ...

Avoidance of Second Surgery: Biodegradable screws negate the requirement for secondary surgical intervention ... In summary, both techniques are appropriate for correcting pediatric ankle fractures.

What is ankle replacement surgery? Ankle replacement surgery is the replacement of the damaged cartilage and bone in the ankle joint with an artificial implant. The ankle joint (tibiotalar joint) is ...

ankle or foot joints. It wasn’t until nine days after the surgery that the child underwent a CT scan which revealed the surgical screws were placed in the wrong position on her spine and had a ...