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- Alternatives To Knee Surgery
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- Knee Screenings And Lectures Offered
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New type of artificial knee, designed for individual patients, is being implanted at St. Joseph East in Lexington
Saint Joseph East hospital in Lexington is Kentucky's first hospital to offer a customized total knee replacement system in which each the knee implant is made to match the individual patient?s anatomy, says a news release from ConforMIS, manufacturer of the implants. So far, about 20 patients in Lexington have received the ConforMIS total-knee replacement surgery, says the release.
?With this new technology, we?re able to offer an implant that is molded to each individual patient precisely,? said Wallace Huff of Bluegrass Orthopaedics, part of KentuckyOne Health, which includes Saint Joseph. ?We?re seeing patients healing faster and more easily acclimating to the new knee.?
Typically, knees are replaced due to osteoarthritis and its breakdown and eventual loss of cartilage of one or more joints. Unlike traditional knee replacements, the ConforMIS system uses technology to design and manufacture knee implants for each individual patient, so less bone is removed during the surgical procedure. This provides the potential for faster recovery from the surgery.
?With this new technology, we?re able to offer an implant that is molded to each individual patient precisely,? said Wallace Huff of Bluegrass Orthopaedics, part of KentuckyOne Health, which includes Saint Joseph. ?We?re seeing patients healing faster and more easily acclimating to the new knee.?
Typically, knees are replaced due to osteoarthritis and its breakdown and eventual loss of cartilage of one or more joints. Unlike traditional knee replacements, the ConforMIS system uses technology to design and manufacture knee implants for each individual patient, so less bone is removed during the surgical procedure. This provides the potential for faster recovery from the surgery.
- Baptist Health Lexington Is Ky.'s Best Hospital In U.s. News And World Report Hospital Rankings For Second Year In A Row
For the second consecutive year, Baptist Health Lexington is recognized as Kentucky's best hospital by U.S. News & World Report. It was also recognized as a nationally ranked hospital for adult ear, nose and throat care. St. Elizabeth Edgewood...
- Mayo Clinic Experts Offer Advice On Preventing And Coping With Osteoarthritis, Especially In The Knees
Experts from the Mayo Clinic offer tips for both those trying to prevent and those suffering from a painful condition that affects at least 27 million Americans: osteoarthritis. It is the most common form of arthritis, which most almost everyone...
- Health Care Decisions By And For Medicare Patients Differ Widely By Place; Lexington Big In Back Surgery, Low In Mastectomy
All medicine involves decisions and, according to a new series of nine reports published by the Dartmouth Atlas Project, those decisions differ drastically by location for Medicare patients. In the East South Central region -- Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama...
- Alternatives To Knee Surgery
No one is eager to have knee surgery. Luckily, there are options that can relieve pain. Recently three orthopedic doctors from the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics (RIAO) gave a free lecture at LifeBridge Health & Fitness on the management...
- Knee Screenings And Lectures Offered
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