title: Postoperative evaluation of the total ankle arthroplasty.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to review the basic design features of second-generation total ankle arthroplasty components and to illustrate the normal and abnormal postoperative imaging features associated with such devices. The usefulness of CT in postoperative evaluation will be highlighted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Postoperative evaluation of the total ankle arthroplasty necessitates a familiarity with the various designs currently in use. Radiography serves as an integral component in the postoperative evaluation of such devices, with CT offering further characterization of radiographic abnormalities.
authors: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32224-3899, USA. bestic.joseph@mayo.edu
authors: Joseph M
authors: JM
authors: Bestic
authors: Jeffrey J
authors: JJ
authors: Peterson
authors: James K
authors: JK
authors: DeOrio
authors: Laura W
authors: LW
authors: Bancroft
authors: Thomas H
authors: TH
authors: Berquist
authors: Mark J
authors: MJ
authors: Kransdorf
mesh_terms: D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D019643:Arthroplasty, Replacement; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed