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DISEASE. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER DISCOVERED A BREAKTHROUGH WAY TO CONDUCT TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT SURGERY. THE PROCEDURE IS CALLED ZIMMER BIOMET. TRABECULAR METAL TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT. IT’S A LONG NAME, BUT IT WORKS. RESEARCHERS MONITORED THE 130 ...
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Health Spotlight | Surgeon’s innovative ankle replacement technique shows promising results
A surgeon says his technique can help new ankles last longer and with better overall outcomes, and he has new data to back it up.
Ankle arthritis can make everyday movements like walking and climbing painful. For patients who don’t respond to medications, surgery has long been an option, but traditional replacement methods often come with mixed results. “In the 90s, a few designs ...
DURHAM (WTVD) -- Watching Nancy Bryson walk now, you'd never know something so simple was once a real struggle for her. "I couldn't walk on ground unless it was level, and it would just take a small stone or something and my ankle would turn and then I ...
A breakthrough procedure is helping patients when it comes to total ankle replacement surgery. Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore studied the procedure called Zimmer Biomet Trabecular Metal Total Ankle Replacement. Researchers monitored the 130 patients who ...
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