Depuy | Mobility Total Ankle Replacement (TAR) | Which Medical Device

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The Mobility ankle replacement from DePuy is a three part ankle replacement system which includes a mobile bearing component. The tibial and talar components are cobalt chrome and have a Porocoat coating (DePuy’s proprietary coating). An ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene component sits between the tibial and talar components. The tibial component is inserted through a window in the anterior cortex of the tibia.

The results of 100 Mobility ankle replacements have been published by one of the developers, and show 93.6% survival at 4 years.¹ A shorter one year follow up study from another one of the developers showed similarly promising results.²

Gougoulias et al have published a systematic review of the results after ankle replacement.³

The Mobility ankle was the most popular ankle replacement in the 2012 report of the National Joint Registry of England and Wales.

References

1. Wood PL, Karski MT, Watmough P. Total ankle replacement: the results of 100 mobility total ankle replacements. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2010 Jul;92(7):958-62.

2. Rippstein PF, Huber M, Coetzee JC, Naal FD. Total ankle replacement with use of a new three-component implant. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Aug 3;93(15):1426-35.

3. Gougoulias N, Khanna A, Maffulli N. How successful are current ankle replacements?: a systematic review of the literature. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2010 Jan;468(1):199-208. Epub 2009 Jul 18.

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Last update November 2012.