Biomaterial Database

Total ankle replacement: the Agility LP prosthesis. 2008

Rebecca Cerrato, and Mark S Myerson

The Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at Mercy, 301 St. Paul Place, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA. boohinck2@yahoo.com

The original design for the Agility ankle was developed and patented in the late 1970s. DePuy Orthopaedics began manufacturing the implant as the Agility Ankle System. Currently in the United States, the Agility is the most widely used ankle prosthesis. With more than 20 years of experience, the Agility Ankle System has the longest follow-up of any fixed-bearing device. Since its introduction, the Agility Ankle System has gone through several design modifications. This article briefly reviews the history of the Agility Total Ankle System and illustrates each of the modifications made with the LP implant.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007595	Joint Prosthesis	Prostheses used to partially or totally replace a human or animal joint. (from UMDNS, 1999)	Joint Prostheses,Prostheses, Joint,Prosthesis, Joint
D011474	Prosthesis Design	The plan and delineation of prostheses in general or a specific prosthesis.	Design, Prosthesis,Designs, Prosthesis,Prosthesis Designs
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000843	Ankle Joint	The joint that is formed by the inferior articular and malleolar articular surfaces of the TIBIA; the malleolar articular surface of the FIBULA; and the medial malleolar, lateral malleolar, and superior surfaces of the TALUS.	Ankle Syndesmosis,Articulatio talocruralis,Distal Tibiofibular Joint,Inferior Tibiofibular Joint,Talocrural Joint,Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmosis,Tibiofibular Syndesmosis,Ankle Joints,Ankle Syndesmoses,Ankle Syndesmosis, Tibiofibular,Distal Tibiofibular Joints,Inferior Tibiofibular Joints,Joint, Ankle,Joints, Ankle,Syndesmosis, Ankle,Talocrural Joints,Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmoses,Tibiofibular Joint, Distal,Tibiofibular Syndesmoses
D019643	Arthroplasty, Replacement	Partial or total replacement of a skeletal joint.	Joint Prosthesis Implantation,Arthroplasties, Replacement,Joint Replacement,Replacement Arthroplasties,Replacement Arthroplasty,Total Joint Replacement,Implantation, Joint Prosthesis,Implantations, Joint Prosthesis,Joint Prosthesis Implantations,Joint Replacement, Total,Joint Replacements,Joint Replacements, Total,Prosthesis Implantation, Joint,Prosthesis Implantations, Joint,Replacement, Joint,Replacement, Total Joint,Replacements, Joint,Replacements, Total Joint,Total Joint Replacements