Orthopedics Today Featuring Jose Rodriguez

In the most recent edition of Orthopedics Today, we are treated to an article featuring the esteemed surgeon, Dr. Jose Rodriguez, from the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. 

Dr. Rodriguez was interviewed by Orthopedics Today to discuss his presentation at the recent Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Meeting in Orlando, FL. In this widely heard talk, Dr. Rodriguez spoke about how the better you can recreate the patient’s natural anatomical shape than the better you can reproduce their kinematics and improve their function and happiness. 

Dr. Rodriguez goes on to tell us that off the shelf knees are based off of averages and work well 70% of the time. The issue is with the other 30% of patients who receive an off the shelf knee. This 30 % of patients require their surgeon to make a set of compromises to make the knee good enough. 

Also mentioned in Dr. Rodriguez’s talk are the various studies that have been conducted by many leaders in the industry that have shown how custom knee implants allow for a higher level of function and do a better job of restoring the natural movement patterns of the knee. His talk concludes by informing the reader of how the custom knee technology, which is only available through Conformis, has been proven to allow patients to recover more rapidly and completely in the first six months. 

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Conformis’ First Study

Back in 2013, Conformis presented a study on the cadaveric kinematic comparisons between our custom made total knee replacement and an off the shelf knee replacement in nine matched pairs of specimens. This was the first known study of its kind to take two separate implants and put them head to head to see which one could better approximate the natural movement patterns of the knee. This study was completed at The Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California. 

What the team at The Scripps Clinic found was that specimens implanted with the Conformis knee more closely approximate normal femoral rollback and tibial adduction than the knee implanted with the off the shelf knee replacement. 

Also, they found that the knees implanted with the Conformis iTotal achieved a laxity that was significantly closer to the normal knee. 

This combination of a more normal performing knee led the authors to believe that the customized Conformis iTotal can better address the issues of patient dissatisfaction, which ranges from 14% - 39%, because of the iTotals ability to more closely maintain normal kinematics. 

Attached is the study which was initially presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society in 2013. This was the first only many studies showing just how superior the Conformis iTotal is to any other knee replacement in the marketplace. Off the shelf, knees are all about compromises and limitations. Those can now be a thing of the past. Patients can now receive a knee replacement that gives them the best chance for the most significant outcome. 

https://s3.amazonaws.com/conformisfiles/1424800962_MK_02791_AA_Kinematics_Patil_et_al_Scripps_RGB.pdf

New Jersey Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Richard Rosa Describes the Advantages of the Conformis Knee

The Director of the Saint Barnabas Medical Center Join Institute in Livingston, New Jersey, Dr. Rich Rosa, takes the time out of his busy practice to describe the impact the custom-made, 3D printed, Conformis iTotal has had on him and his patients.

I have had the opportunity to work with Dr. Rosa over the past two years and am proud to have played a small part in helping him deliver exceptional healthcare to all his patients. Dr. Rosa is one of the finest surgeons I have ever known, and the people of New Jersey are fortunate to have an orthopaedist of his caliber available to them.

Over Dr. Rosa's 30+ year career he has seen a lot of changes in the world of knee reconstruction with regards to claims of advancement in technology. It was not until the release of the Conformis iTotal that Dr. Rosa found a technology that he believed can make a big impact on patient outcomes. 

Since making the switch to Conformis, Dr. Rosa is seeing patients recover faster than ever. He has noticed a higher percentage of patients coming to his office for their standard two-week post-operative visit without canes or any other assistive devices. Dr. Rosa attributes these results to the fact that the custom-made Conformis Total Knee respects the patient's natural anatomic size and shape. This allows for perfectly balanced ligaments throughout the range of motion and not just in extension and full flexion.

Watch the video for yourself to see just how passionate Dr. Rosa is on delivering the best possible outcomes to his patients and why he knows that you can not be more accurate with any other knee on the market than you can with the Conformis iTotal.

Conformis Featured on ABC News Atlanta

Amanda was debilitated from the pain of bone on bone osteoarthritis and asked Dr. Mathew Pombo of Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center to give her a new knee. 

Dr. Pombo opted for the Conformis 3D printed Total Knee to relieve Amanda of her pain and allow her to return to her activities of daily living. Five months after receiving her first custom Conformis knee she received a custom knee for the other side. 

Now Amanda can enjoy time with her grandchildren and handle previously unmanageable activities like walking up a flight of stairs. More impressive is that now Amanda can dance again!

Most of the time, off the shelf knees, can usually do a good job of pain relief. While this was an acceptable goal 15 years ago, patients today want more from their knee. Previously published studies show that the ability for patients receiving an off the shelf knee replacement has a noticeable drop in their ability to handle their activities of daily living. Conformis allows patients to expect so much more from their knee replacements and get back to a lifestyle that allows them to be as active as possible. It is not about being able to manage a patient’s expectations. The goal needs to be to meet a patient’s expectations. 

http://abc30.com/health/build-your-own-3d-knee/2186343/

To learn more about Conformis Total Knee replacement or to find an orthopedic knee replacement surgeon, contact Empire Surgical Solutions in New York today!
 

Dr Robert Tait Talks About The Positive Impact of The Custom Conformis Knee Replacements

Below is a link to a great video that features Dr. Robert Tait of Henderson, Nevada discussing his experiences with the Conformis Custom Knee Replacement. In this four-minute video, you will hear Dr. Tait describe how important it is for healthcare providers to deliver the best possible outcomes to their patients and how frustrating it is when surgeons do a great job but still fall short of meeting a patient's expectations.

When the Conformis iTotal Custom Knee Replacement was released, for the first time in 20 years, Dr. Tait saw an advancement in technology that could improve patient satisfaction. Thanks in part to Conformis, Dr. Tait is now seeing younger patients opting for a knee replacement and achieving better results than were previously possible due to the sizing mismatches that must be accepted with an off the shelf knee replacement.

Experience the benefits of a custom knee replacement for yourself so that you too can spend less time talking to patients about the problems they are having with their off the shelf knee and more time focusing on new patients that need your expertise.

http://thisismyknee.conformis.com/robert-tait