Doctors hoping for new era of artificial ankles

November 17th, 2008 By LAURAN NEERGAARD , AP Medical Writer Doctors hoping for new era of artificial ankles (AP)

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Dan Sivia shows off the leg he had ankle replacement surgery, Friday, Nov., 14, 2008, at his home in Waukegan, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

(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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