title: Current Concepts in Total Ankle Replacement for Radiologists: Complications.
abstract: 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: 1 Both authors: Department of Radiology, Musculoskeletal Imaging, University of Washington, Roosevelt Radiology Box 354755, 4245 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105.
authors.forename: Hyojeong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mulcahy
authors.affiliation: 1 Both authors: Department of Radiology, Musculoskeletal Imaging, University of Washington, Roosevelt Radiology Box 354755, 4245 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105.
authors.forename: Felix S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Chew
mesh_terms: D058737:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Ankle; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography
keywords: complications; imaging assessment; total ankle arthroplasty; total ankle replacement