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Arthritis of the Hip and Knee
Gender Specific Knee Replacement - Live Webcast
LCS Complete Knee Replacement System
In a live Internet webcast on A unique first hand
surgical insight into the new high flexion primary knee & revison
knee system
December 6, 2007, Lawrence S.
Crossett, M.D., will perform two knee replacement surgeries using the
LCS®
Complete™ from DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. This
broadcast will take place at the University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center (UPMC)
Shady Side Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
At 3 PM EST, Dr. Crossett will perform a revision knee
replacement surgery using a new revision implant, the LCS®
Complete™ System.
This system helps diffuse loosening forces from the increased
mechanical
constraint and offers surgeons increased fixation through the use of
metaphyseal sleeves on the femoral and tibial side.
At 6 PM EST, Dr. Crossett will perform a primary knee
replacement surgery that will highlight the LCS® Complete RPS, a
mobile-bearing
knee implant that is designed to provide increased range of motion
while
sparing the patient’s natural, healthy bone tissue.
Live Webcast Biomet Vanguard Primary Total Knee Replacement
Live Webcast: All-Inside ACL Retroconstruction Procedure
"For patients, the typical goal is to return to activities quickly and without pain , but, if they 're going to have reconstruction surgery, the repair should be durable and should allow them to return to normal activity without limitations," said Adickes. "The All-Inside RetroConstruction procedure is minimally invasive and achieves all of these goals."
Adickes, a former NFL offensive lineman and member of the 1991 Super Bowl Championship Washington Redskins team, is one of the original three surgeons in the country to perform this new technique. Having had two ACL procedures himself and experiencing 18-month recoveries, he was determined to find advanced surgical solutions for his patients.
“The results my patients are getting from this procedure are dramatic,” said Adickes. “Recovery time has been reduced and there is less pain because there’s not the damage to the tissue that a standard ACL reconstruction can cause.”
Minimally Invasive Computer Assisted Total Knee Replacement
Kenneth Gustke, M.D., Florida Orthopaedic Institute, founding member of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, will perform the procedure that will be narrated by Steven Lyons, M.D., a surgeon at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute.
Patient-Specific Bicompartmental Knee Resurfacing Implant
Dr. Tom Minas, Director of the Cartilage Repair Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Dr. Wolfgang Fitz, Associate Orthopaedic Surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital will perform the surgery. The webcast will be moderated by Dr. Thomas Thornhill, MD, Chief of Orthopaedics at Brigham and Women's.
The implant is created through an advanced image-to-implant process that utilizes CT scans from a patient to create a virtual model of a patient's knee. The implant, as well as the cutting and placement guides used for the surgery, are custom designed and manufactured to match each patient's knee anatomy.
To assure precise implantation, the surgeons will utilize patient-specific instruments designed from the same scans as the implant, including data on the patient's biomechanical axis. The patient-specific cutting and placement guides reduce the number of steps during surgery and provide precise guidance to accurately place the instruments, simplifying the surgical technique. This personalized approach eliminates many of the bone cuts required in traditional surgery, helping to reduce surgical and recovery times. More than 80 patient-specific, partial knee resurfacing procedures have been performed worldwide.
Same day partial knee replacement surgery
Dr. Rhodes has been performing partial knee replacements for several years and has completed more than 60 during the past year using the Oxford implant.
The Oxford is the only fully-mobile bearing partial knee system available in the United States. It can offer a more natural motion, more flexibility, less pain and a higher success rate for long-term results. These implants are made of metal and plastic materials to create a smoothly functioning joint.
"Patients may be back to work in as little as two weeks as opposed to more than a month with other devices," said Rhodes. "And there are no restrictions on activity following the brief recovery period. It is truly a prosthetic for today's active society."
Partial knee replacement surgery entails replacing damaged cartilage and bone ends. It allows the preservation of healthy bone, cartilage and ligaments, often preventing or delaying a total knee replacement.
"It is an extremely successful and remarkable procedure that can truly improve someone's quality of life," said Rhodes. "Patients may go back to their normal daily routines with no limitations."
The surgery may be viewed at halifaxhealth.org or the public is invited to attend a viewing at Halifax Health Medical Center's auditorium. To reserve a seat, please call 877.8.HALIFAX.
Podcasts and vodcasts of the event will be available through You Tube, Google, Yahoo, MSN and iTunes. The procedure will also be archived on the Halifax Health Web site.
State-of-the-Art Total Knee Replacement Surgery Webcast From St. Mary's Hospital Madison WI
This total knee replacement procedure will be performed by Dr. David Wolff. Dr. Wolff is one of the area's leading orthopedic surgeons having completed over 450 hip and knee replacement surgeries in 2007.
Commentary will be provided during the surgery by Dr. Richard Glad, Chairman of the Dean Department of Orthopedics. Also a very busy and successful orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Glad's patient list includes athletes such as John Powless, one of the top-ranked players in the International Tennis Federation's men's 75+ age category.
St. Mary's is the leading hospital in Orthopedic services in south-central Wisconsin, serving nearly 40% of orthopedic patients in Dane County alone.
Unikompartimenteller Oberflächenersatz
Das von der amerikanischen Zulassungsbehörde FDA zugelassene
und mit dem CE-Siegel versehene Implantat ist eine Weiterentwicklung
der unikompartimentellen Implantattechnologie für das Kniegelenk. Das
iUni wird mithilfe eines virtuellen Kniemodells der Patienten
hergestellt, das anhand von CT-Aufnahmen entsteht. Das Implantat und
das dazugehörige OP-Instrumentarium werden entsprechend der
einzigartigen Knieanatomie des Patienten maßangefertigt.
Diese Individualisierung ermöglicht eine präzise achsgerechte Ausrichtung des Implantats und eine natürliche Kniekinematik und ist im Vergleich zum herkömmlichen Kniegelenkersatz weniger invasiv. Das dabei verwendete OP-Einweginstrumentarium iJig™ wird ebenfalls auf den Patienten abgestimmt und sorgt für eine einfache und leicht erlernbare Operationstechnik.
The Knee as Orthopaedic Rosetta Stone popular
Editors
- Chris Oliver
