AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Dec;205(6):1244-50. doi: 10.2214/AJR.14.14171.
Mulcahy H1, Chew FS1.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to review current concepts of total ankle replacement from an imaging perspective. The emphasis is on the reported complications and their imaging features in relation to current understanding of how and why these failures occur.
CONCLUSION: Total ankle replacement has become mainstream surgical treatment of disabling ankle arthritis. With the many types of prostheses available for sale in the United States, rapid growth in the number of procedures can be expected with concomitant growth in the number of complications. Knowledge gained through experience with the more common hip and knee prostheses can generally be applied to ankle prostheses. Some complications are unique to the ankle, and some are unique to specific ankle prostheses.