Play Hard? Lose Knee Pain – New Technology Gives Images from Arthroscopic Surgery 

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Your knee consists of three “compartments” or sections. Partial knee resurfacing offers a bone-preserving option for those affected with osteo-arthritis in only one or two compartments. Rather than replace all three compartments, partial knee procedures target only those compartments affected by the disease.

“Unicompartmental knees can prove to be clinically challenging but with the advanced technology the iUni™ system offers, the guess work of finding the right placement and size of the implant is eliminated,” said Dr. Lederman. “With the iUni, each implant is custom made to fit the patient, allowing the opportunity for a minimally invasive procedure that enables rapid recovery and shortened rehabilitation time.”

The iUni is the only personalized unicompartmental knee implant designed to conform precisely to your own unique anatomy. Using a standard CT scan, a personalized implant is designed to resurface just the affected compartment. The customized implant also comes with personalized surgical instruments derived from your CT scan. These instruments guide the surgeon in determining the precise placement of your implant.

Personalized implants offer unique advantages versus traditional knee replacement options. Because the device is created specifically for you, the implants exactly mirror the surface contours of your knee, providing far more bone preservation. The implants also provide an anatomic fit with less bone cutting than traditional options.

This leads to less bleeding during surgery, less pain, faster recovery time and often better range of motion and function.

Click here to watch a video on this revolutionary new procedure featuring Ronald Lederman, M.D. and Mark Kwartowitz, D.O.

Learn more about iUni™ system here.

Biologic Coating for Knee Replacements

Most people take their knees for granted. You don’t think about the complex system of muscles, tendons, bones and cartilage that keep them walking almost effortlessly until there is a problem.

In people with arthritis, bones of the knee joint become rough and worn and they rub together causing swelling and stiffness — making day to day activities like walking or climbing stairs painful. This is where Mark Kamil, M.D. can help. Using the design of the Scorpio® Knee System, Dr. Kamil takes all of these factors into consideration — not just the mechanics of knee movement, but the potential for eliminating pain and restoring the kind of movement that you won’t have to think about.

Another advantage of this knee system is the advanced biologic coating used to hold the implant in place. In the majority of knee replacements, bone cement is used to implant the replacement to the knee bone. Unlike traditional knee replacements, the Scorpio® knee implant is fit onto the knee bone without the use of cement. Using a biologic coating, the bone is allowed to in-grow onto the knee implant allowing the implant to last longer and giving people with active lifestyles an option for total knee replacement at a much younger age.

Play Hard? Lose Knee Pain – New Technology Gives Images from Arthroscopic Surgery 

Philip T. Schmitt, D.O., says it’s important to address a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) very soon after the initial injury to reduce the risk of arthritis setting in. This ligament is often injured in sports such as football, soccer and skiing. Usually the patient complains of a sudden injury to the knee and the inability to walk, pain and swelling. Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital has equipment that allows Schmitt and his team to film an arthroscopic repair of the ACL and give the patient a DVD featuring footage from their procedure.

“Not only is this very informative for the patient, it allows us to document the condition if further treatment is required and for purposes of physical therapy,” said Schmitt.