The father of snowboarding Jake Burton is a “Proud owner of the Conformis knee.” In this video, he mentions that other people may have had knee replacements and have pain but he wisely states that they got the wrong knee or the wrong doctor. He touts his Conformis Custom Made Knee Replacement and his excellent surgeon Dr. Bryan Huber.
Dr. Huber notes how Conformis allows him to have conversations with his patients that include the uniqueness of their knee, their offsets, and where their deformities are. These are not the conversations that a surgeon would have with a patient who is receiving off-the-shelf knee replacements because off-the-shelf knee replacements do not respect the individuality of each patient's unique anatomy. It does not need to be about setting a patient’s expectations when there is an option to meet a patient’s expectations.
Post surgery, Mr. Burton went home within 24-48 hours, was walking independently in a couple of days, went to the gym in one week, and was snowboarding at three weeks.
Mr. Burton wanted a knee that would work and that is exactly what he got. Keep in mind that a knee that works for Mr. Burton is a lot different than how most orthopedic surgeon would define a knee replacement that works.
The father of snowboarding is back doing what he should be doing thanks to Dr. Huber, Mr. Burton’s determination, Conformis, and the rest of his team. His most grandiose expectations were met!
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