Partial Knee Replacement

Surgeons implant some 600,000 total knee replacements ever year, but it is a bloody business with risks of infection and design malfunction.  An alternative approach is a partial prosthetic that aims at bone preservation.  In short, this is a cap that is custom fit over an individual’s deteriorated bone—made by computer-assisted manufacturing from CT imaging. This approach supposes relatively minor subsequent surgeries over time as improvements come forward. MORE

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