Failed Ankle Surgery
Marc Darrow, MD. JD. We do get many emails about ankle pain. Some people write that they are on a waiting list for an ankle fusion, sometimes one, sometimes both ankles, and while they are waiting, they want to know if bone marrow aspirate concentrate stem cell therapy can be an option for them. Others write that the are bone on bone and have lost all the cartilage in their ankle, can we help? The risks and rewards of ankle arthrodesis or ankle fusion and total ankle replacement. Recent research in the British medical bulletin (1) discuss the risks and