Allison Wade, MD, a physician practicing with Vero Orthopedics and on staff at River Medical Center, replaced the bones in the patient’s ankle with a metal joint during the six-hour surgery. In addition to the ankle replacement, the patient had her heel realigned. Less than a week after the surgery, the patient was able to go out dancing without a brace.
Dr. Wade was trained in ankle replacement at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of Pennsylvania State University in Hershey.
Read the TC Palm report on Indian River Medical Center’s first ankle replacement.
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