The attached article, which was featured in Becker’s ASC Review, highlights how Conformis has helped knee replacement 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 is how the author says, “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.” They further go in to explain why the Customized Knee Replacement by Conformis is the biggest technological advancement available to patients.
Dr. Buch explains that since adopting the Conformis technology that 70% of his patients go home on the first or second day after surgery and possibly equally important is how 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 Implants. These advantages may allow for improved recovery times and less pain as a result of less blood loss and less swelling.
Other advantages to outpatient TKR 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 on the advantages of outpatient total knee replacement using the only custom knee replacement in the world.
Outpatient TKR Critical Factors Enabling Successful TKR Procedures in ASCs Beckers ASC Review