title: Revision total ankle replacement.
abstract: This review of the current literature regarding total ankle replacement (TAR) revision surgery focuses on the causes for implant failure, how to deal with the clinical dilemmas of pain and stiffness following TAR, the management of asymptomatic peri-implant cyst formation, and the management of the distal tibia and talus during revision surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Windhoek Central Hospital, Namibia, PO Box 9819, Windhoek, 9000 Namibia.
authors.forename: Jacques Heinrich
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jonck
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Myerson
mesh_terms: D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D058737:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Ankle / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011475:Prosthesis Failure / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation