Total Ankle Arthroplasty Using the Agility Stemmed Talar Revisional Component: Three to Eight Year Follow-Up.

Background: Ankle fusion has been the traditional treatment of choice for failed total ankle arthroplasties or arthritic conditions that preclude the use of primary implants. A custom stemmed agility talar component was designed to be used in these conditions.

Methods: The first 30 cases by a single surgeon were reviewed at two intervals.

Treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures with variable screw placement or Isola instrumentation and arthrodesis: case series and literature review.

Background: The controversy of burst fracture surgical management is addressed in this retrospective case study and literature review.

Methods: The series consisted of 40 consecutive patients, index included, with 41 fractures treated with stiff, limited segment transpedicular bone-anchored instrumentation and arthrodesis from 1987 through 1994.

Results: No major acute complications such as death, paralysis, or infection occurred.