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 ...

For individuals suffering from chronic ankle pain caused by arthritis or trauma, everyday activities like walking, climbing ...

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 ...

Allison Aviles, of New Britain, has suffered back-to-back ankle injuries. Last fall, she had surgery after tearing a tendon and then she fell on the same ankle. “Six weeks post-op, I had gotten my ...

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 ...

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 ...

After years of suffering, Noemio Oliveira has a new high-tech ankle replacement thanks to a new treatment for people who need it. "A lot better," he said. "About 200, 300% better. I mean, there's no ...

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 ...

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 ...