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Carie shares her success story of traveling to the United States for her ACL Surgery. Dr. Jeffrey Lyman, M.D. performed her ACL Reconstruction Surgery in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
The Anterior cruciate is a ligament that runs inside the knee from the thigh bone
Per season, the risk of an ACL injury was 1.1% in female high school athletes who participated in soccer, 0.9% for those who participated in basketball and 0.5% for those who participated in lacrosse. Similar risks in male high school athletes were found for those who … Read the Rest
…After adjusting for all pertinent variables, investigators found a revision TKA patient was 4.1-times more likely to be obese in 2011 and 4.5-times more likely to be obese in 2012 than in 2002…… Read the Rest
I started to have knee problems when I was 30 years old.?? I spent several weeks on crutches when my left knee swelled up and I could not walk on my leg.?? The doctor back in 1974 could not find a problem, but decided to give me an arthroscopic examine … Read the Rest
…McLaren Bay Region now offers MAKOplasty Partial Knee Resurfacing and MAKOplasty Total Hip Replacement procedures, performed using the Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System marketed by MAKO Surgical Corp. This technology uses a surgeon-controlled robotic arm system that enables accurate alignment and placement of implants…
…Accuracy is … Read the Rest
Smith & Nephew is jumping into the growing field of robotically assisted knee surgery by acquiring Plymouth???s Blue Belt Technologies for $275 million…
…Blue Belt makes a computer-assisted surgical drill called the Navio that is approved for partial-knee replacement surgeries. The computer allows a doctor to … Read the Rest
Use of an abbreviated computer navigation protocol during total knee replacement reduced blood loss compared arthroplasty performed with conventional intramedullary instrumentation, according to study results…
…Overall, results showed computer-assisted surgery decreased blood loss for all primary outcome measures.… Read the Rest
…The use of an autologous bone plug to seal the intramedullary femoral canal has been shown to be effective in reducing postoperative bleeding…
…They observed that patients without a femoral bone plug required significantly more blood transfusions…
ConforMIS Inc. has announced its completion of an investigation about excess moisture and ethylene glycol residue on several of the company???s total knee replacement offerings, in which an independent testing laboratory found no significant health risk to patients from ethylene glycol residue on the affected instrumentation … Read the Rest
Mark Moeller’s Total Knee Replacement Video Montage from the Hospital Day 1 thru Day 4
Apr 14, 2012?? Just showing how good I am after 3 days,there are no problems,the pain is very low and I should be back to normal in a few weeks. I hope my little videos are of some encouragement if you are having a TKR. Its natural to feel anxious,its … Read the Rest
Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Compares Favorably to Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Same Patient 2009
There are several surgical management options for medial knee arthritis, and it is often difficult to decide whether a unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is appropriate. Few studies … Read the Rest