Advanced Ankle Treatment Options

Typically speaking, there are two main types of ankle treatment options; joint preserving and surgical. Joint preserving ankle treatment options tend to be more conservative and include regenerative medicine like stem cell and platelet rich plasma injection therapy.

Joint Preserving Ankle Treatment Options

Joint preserving procedures are aimed at regenerating or replacing ankle cartilage damaged by degenerative conditions like ankle arthritis. The ankle doctors at the Ankle Arthritis Institute address each and every ankle as unique. This allows them to offer customizable joint preserving ankle treatment options. Click on a link below to learn more about the ankle treatment options offered at Ankle Arthritis Institute of Southern California.

Types of Joint Preserving Ankle Treatment Options

Conservative Options:

• Physical Therapy
• Custom Orthotics
• Build to Order Braces
• Medication

Regenerative Medicine:

• Stem Cell Injection Therapy
• Platelet Rich Plasma Injection Therapy

Surgical Ankle Treatment Options

Ankle Arthritis Institute of Southern California staffs some of the top experts in the podiatry world. Their ankle specialists not only offer the latest, most advanced ankle treatment options, but they also are the leading go-to ankle surgeons for the evaluation of emerging medical technology. Among the ankle treatment options offered at Ankle Arthritis Institute are some procedures and medical hardware (screws, plates, fixation implants of their very own invention! Click on a procedure below to learn more.

Types of Surgical Ankle Treatment Options

Ankle Cartilage Replacement:

• OATS
• Denovo Graft
• Microfracture Surgery

Total Ankle Replacement :

• InBone (Wright Medical)
• S.T.A.R.
• Salto-Talaris (Tornier)
• The Agility Depuy Implant

Ankle Fusion Surgery