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Oaisys Inc

Location: http://www.oaisysmedical.com

Our MISSION is to bring innovation from the bench to the bedside for optimal patient care. Our objectives are to selectively develop and use cost effective approaches that solve clinical problems of bones and joints. In the global aging population with staggering health care costs, these are concerns...
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Stanmore Implants Worldwide

Location: http://www.stanmoreimplants.com/

We provide patient-specific and standardised orthopaedic implants for limb salvage, complex joint replacement, and prosthetic attachment.
Our world-leading implant solutions are based on more than 50 years experience, providing specialised implants to surgeons and patients since 1949.
Based in Stanmore (north of London), and co-located with the world renowned Royal National Orthopaedic...
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Analysis of High Cost Joint Implants in a Community Registry

Location: http://www.springerlink.com/content/q122t40900v23352/fulltext.html

Questions/purposes We evaluated registry survival of higher-cost “premium” knee and hip components compared to lower-priced standard components.
Conclusions In this time frame, premium implants did not demonstrate better survival than standard implants. Revision indications for TKA did not differ, and infection and instability remained contributors. Longer followup is necessary...
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Same day partial knee replacement surgery

Location: http://www.or-live.com/HalifaxHealth/2302/index.cfm?cmpid=owl

Halifax Health will present a live online same day partial knee replacement surgery on Jun 30th at 7:00pm EDT. Richard Rhodes, MD, a surgeon with Atlantic Orthopedics, will perform the procedure using the Oxford® implant.

Dr. Rhodes has been performing partial knee replacements for several years and has completed more than 60 during the...
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2010 Survival of bicompartmental knee arthroplasty at 5 to 23 years CORR Open Access

Location: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2795810

Recent literature suggests patients achieve substantial short-term functional improvement after combined bicompartmental implants but longer-term durability has not been documented. We therefore asked whether (1) bicompartmental arthroplasty (either combined medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and femoropatellar arthroplasty (PFA) or medial UKA/PFA, or combined medial and lateral UKA or bicompartmental UKA)...
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Total Partial knee Replacement Surgery

Location: http://www.bonesmart.org/knee_replacement.php

A total knee replacement replaces your diseased knee joint and eliminates the damaged bearing surfaces that are causing you pain. The design of the implant offers you renewed stability and minimizes the wear process. Overall there are three benefits from your knee replacement:
1. Elimination of pain
2. Improved motion
3. Minimum wear...
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Patient satisfaction after total knee arthroplasty CORR Open Access

Location: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2795819

Despite substantial advances in primary TKA, numerous studies using historic TKA implants suggest only 82% to 89% of primary TKA patients are satisfied. We reexamined this issue to determine if contemporary TKA implants might be associated with improved patient satisfaction.
Satisfaction with pain relief varied from 72–86% and with function from...
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Both morphotype and gender influence the shape of the knee in patients undergoing TKA CORR Open Access

Location: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2795809

There is an ongoing debate whether gender differences in the dimensions of the knee should influence the design of TKA components. We hypothesized that not only gender but also the patient’s morphotype determined the shape of the distal femur and proximal tibia and that this factor should be taken into...
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Intermed Precision Ltd Tecomed popular

Location: http://www.tecomet.com/

InterMed Precision is an ISO 13488 registered outsource developer & manufacturer of Orthopaedic Instruments, Implants & micro-machined components used in minimally invasive surgical devices.
Changed to Tecomed.
As an orthopedic manufacturing supplier, Tecomet specializes in reconstructive implants such as hip and knee systems; trauma products including plates for long bone fracture...
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An Interesting Case of Joint Prosthesis Allergy Medscape

Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/706403

A rare case of contact allergic dermatitis from metal knee joint prostheses is presented. The low incidence of allergic contact dermatitis from metal prostheses is surprising, especially given the frequency of metal allergy, particularly to nickel and cobalt, in the general population. Even patients with known metal allergy often do...
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Knee Replacement Info

Location: http://web.archive.org/web/20040929080448/http://www.knee-replacement-info.com/

A rich source of information for patients who are considering knee replacement surgery.
Web Archive copy last posted 2004
Website provided by Smith and Nephew, a manufacturer of orthopaedic implants Commercial
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Peek And Uhmwpe Implant Manufacturing

Location: http://www.disanto.com

DiSanto Technology provides the orthopedic market with manufacturing services for implants with complex geometries. Offering in depth experience machining knee, hip, hand, and spine implants from titanium, cobalt chrome, PEEK, and UHMWPE. Engineering assistance provided for product development, production, and manufacturing process optimization. Commercial
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Stryker Orthopaedic Products

Location: http://www.stryker.com/en-us/products/Orthopaedics/index.htm

The most important thing Stryker offers surgeons is the power to make a difference for their patients. Our joint replacement portfolio of hip, knee and shoulder implants focuses on procedural and product innovations that will stand the test of time. Stryker's goal and the surgeon’s goal are the same: the...
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BoneSmart

Location: http://www.bonesmart.org/

Member Ratings: 1 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

Each month over 100,000 people like you seek the most comprehensive knee and hip replacement information from this site.
If you are a total or partial hip or knee replacement surgery patient, this website provides you with insight into traditional and alternative materials used in modern implant surgery, giving you the...
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THR Myths Facts and Fictions

Location: http://www.thehipclinic.co.uk/thrfacts.htm

Fiction: Hip replacement is easy. Even registrars (residents) can do them without supervision. Fact: Most hip replacements are easy. In elderly patients minor errors of technique will be tolerated quite well as long as hip stability is enough to prevent dislocation. It is when the pathology is even a... Expert
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Orthopaedic Innovation

Location: http://www.o-i.co.uk

Orthopaedic Innovation are a long established UK business specialising in the design,development and manufacture of instruments and implants for the Orthopaedic Sector.
We produce a fully comprehensive range of medical devices ranging from Hip, Knee, Shoulder and Elbow prostheses to Spine, Nails and External Fixation Systems, plus many Single Use items and a huge Trauma...
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Infection, periprosthetic fractures the major factors for TKA reoperation

Location: http://www.orthosupersite.com/view.asp?rid=16697

Decreased long-term implant survivorship linked with age at surgery, failed high tibial osteotomy. By Gina Brockenbrough 1st on the web (May 15, 2006) May 2006 CHICAGO — As designs for cemented total knee implants have improved, infection and periprosthetic fractures have emerged as the greatest threats for component replacement, revision and reoperation.
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