624 partial knee resurfacing procedures but some 560 of them were performed using robotics
March 12, 2013?? Sometimes medical advances come by degree: sometimes medicine leapfrogs into a new approach that dramatically advances patient treatment. Dr. John Velyvis, MD, Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon, specialist in minimally invasive knee and hip … Read the Rest
BIOMET ANNOUNCES LIFETIME LIMITED IMPLANT REPLACEMENT WARRANTY ON OXFORD?? PARTIAL KNEE WHEN IMPLANTED WITH SIGNATURE???* PERSONALIZED PATIENT CARE SYSTEM
WARSAW, IN, September 24, 2012 ??? Biomet announced today a Lifetime Knee Implant Replacement warranty in the U.S., covering the Oxford?? Partial Knee utilizing Signature??? technology. With the Lifetime Implant … Read the Rest
Compartmentalist approach to knee arthroplasty growing in viability by Keith Berend, MD
Orthopedics Today, February 2011
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Increasing experience with unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is turning it into a more viable option for treating isolated lateral or patellofemoral arthritis – but more work is needed to … Read the Rest
MAKOplasty Partial Knee Resurfacing
For patients suffering from chronic knee pain caused by osteoarthritis
Orthopedic experts at OhioHealth’s Bone and Joint Center at Grant are treating adults with early to mid-stage osteoarthritis ??? which has not yet affected the entire knee joint ??? with a new, innovative custom partial knee … Read the Rest
JFK Memorial Hospital Announces Availability of CONFORMIS Personalized Partial Knee Resurfacing System for Patients
JFK Memorial Hospital Indio, CA announced today the availability of minimally traumatic, patient-specific knee resurfacing implants, for patients suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee, a condition that affects more than 27 million adults in the U.S. … Read the Rest
Stryker Triathlon Partial Knee Resurfacing Website
Triathlon PKR was developed with patient needs in mind. The implant is anatomically shaped and helps enable surgeons to use the latest minimally invasive surgical techniques. With this procedure, only the affected compartment of the arthritic femur and the tibia are resurfaced with artificial … Read the Rest
Updated 8/31/08
New Procedure Offers a Less Invasive Alternative for Patients With Chronic Knee Pain
Cleveland Clinic orthopedic surgeons have for the first time used a new minimally invasive technique to repair knees damaged by arthritis and physical activity. The arthroscopic knee resurfacing/replacement procedure is designed to help patients recover … Read the Rest
By David W. Murray, MD, FRCS(Orth)
September 2007
When designing a unicompartmental knee replacement two conflicting requirements exist. To minimize wear it is necessary to have large contact areas so the contact pressures are small. This is best achieved by having congruous articular surfaces. Conversely to minimize loosening it is … Read the Rest
About Partial Knee Replacement
In patients with only limited knee arthritis, surgeons may elect to perform a unicompartmental (partial) knee replacement. Unlike total knee replacement involving removal of all the knee joint surfaces, a unicompartmental knee replacement replaces only one side of the knee joint. Knee osteoarthritis usually occurs first … Read the Rest
In some patients, disease affecting the knee joint is limited to one side (or compartment) of the knee. In the past, a total knee replacement meant that although the damaged side was being replaced, so was the other side, which was not affected by the disease. With the introduction of … Read the Rest
Updated 2/11/2010
View a video about the surgical procedure ??https://www.conformis.com/flash/player.asp?1
The ConforMIS iForma??? is a unique, minimally invasive treatment option for patients with mild-to-moderate osteoarthritis in either the inner (medial) or outer (lateral) compartment of the knee.
Each??iForma??? is designed from??a patient’s own MRI scan. The scan provides … Read the Rest
…In appraising the literature, however, it is important to distinguish between mobile-bearing and fixed-bearing unicompartmental implants. Mobile-bearing implants have a fully congruent articulation that moves freely on a polished tibial baseplate, and the theory of this design has been previously published. Fixed-bearing implants have a relatively nonconforming … Read the Rest
ConforMIS, Inc. Launches First Patient-Specific, Bicompartmental Knee Resurfacing System on the Market
Updated 1/30/2010
iDuo??? Offers a Novel, Innovative Treatment Option for Knee Arthritis Patients
Link iDuo Patient-Specific Biocompartmental Knee Resurfacing System… Read the Rest
Biomet Announces 2,000 U.S. Surgeons, to Date, Have Completed Training to Implant Oxford Partial Knee
Wed Jul 11, 2007
Biomet Announces 2,000 U.S. Surgeons, to Date, Have Completed Training to Implant the Oxford(R) Partial Knee WARSAW, Ind.–(Business Wire)–Biomet, Inc. (NASDAQ:BMET) announced today that Biomet Orthopedics recently held its 19th Oxford(R) … Read the Rest