Doctors hoping for new era of artificial ankles
Monday, November 17, 2008 - 17:49
in Health & Medicine
WASHINGTON (AP) -- What was left of Dan Sivia's ankle simply didn't work. He limped through his 30s by sheer force of will, one foot almost completely immobile from repeated broken bones and surgeries. Then a doctor offered his last hope: An ankle replacement. A what? Sivia knew about hip, knee, even shoulder replacements. But ankles?...
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