Becker’s ASC Review recently highlighted how Conformis has helped surgeons deliver a positive outpatient total knee replacement experience using our unique, individually made, iTotal Customized Knee Replacement.
The key sentence to this informative article for me is how the author says, when speaking about Conformis, “The customization fits patients better so there is a reduced risk for residual pain from wrong-sized implants and by matching the patient’s unique J-curves, the implant offers the potential to result in a “forgotten” and more stable knee.” Outpatient TKR is being driven by patient demand and patient understanding of the recent advancements in technology. The biggest of these technological advancements is the custom made Conformis iTotal.
Dr Buch goes on to explain that since adopting the Conformis technology, 70% of his patients go home on the first or second day after surgery and equally important is that none of his patients need to be discharged to a recovery center. Dr Buch believes this may be because of the decreased amount of bone that is cut and the patient-specific fit of the Conformis Custom Knee Implants. These advantages may allow for improved recovery times and less pain as a result of less blood loss and reduced swelling.
Other advantages to doing outpatient total knee reconstruction with Conformis include: reproducibility, less need for pain medications, pre-sterilized cutting blocks and implants in one box, fewer trays to sterilize, no inventory storage, higher patient satisfaction, more patients, and better outcomes.
Please read the article for more details: Outpatient TKR Critical Factors Enabling Successful TKR Procedures in ASCs Beckers ASC Review