Orthopedic Implant Pedia

  A Knee bone graft is a surgical procedure that replaces diseased or damaged bones with transplanted bone. This is a choice for repairing almost every bone in the body so your surgeon can take it from your hips and legs to replace it at the knee. First of all, let’s know some basic things about the body that can help us figure these things out better. The knee is the largest joint in the body. This joint comprises three bones—the lower part of the femur, the upper part of the tibia, and the patella. Most of the skeleton is a bone matrix to give them their strength. Inside this matrix are bone cells that do the repairing process in case of minor fractures. When a large piece of bone is destroyed, the cells can no longer fully repair it and need external help. Different types of bone grafts can use in some situations, and some of them are : A minor fracture if it cannot be repaired without a bone graft. Fractures from the past that have not healed and are still bothering the patien...

The FlareHawk7 platform also features a suite of instruments designed to facilitate surgeons’ technique preferences. For endoscopic TLIF procedures, surgeons can leverage access with instruments to allow direct visualization of disc preparation and implant delivery. For MIS procedures, surgeons are provided access to the disc space through Kambin’s triangle while also preserving the patient’s normal anatomy. And in a “mini-open” procedure, the need for neural retraction can be minimized thanks to the smaller insertion footprint that is similar in profile to a No. 2 pencil. “FlareHawk7 enables me to do fully endoscopic interbody fusion as outpatient surgery, with the best endplate prep and great clinical results,” said Jian Shen, M.D., Ph.D., a world-renowned leader in endoscopic spine surgery. FlareHawk7 permits concurrent expansion in height and width to restore disc height without sacrificing stability. It enters the disc space with a compact 7mm x 7mm profile and then expands up to ...

The global spinal devices market is expected to reach USD 15.83 Billion by 2027, according to a new report by Reports and Data. The growth of the market may be attributed to the increasing prevalence of target conditions, among other factors. According to the World health Organization (WHO), each year, globally, around 250,000 and 500,000 individuals suffer a spinal cord injury . Preventable causes, including road traffic accidents, falls, or violence, are the major contributors to the spinal cord injury, and individual suffering from the condition are more likely to die prematurely as compared to healthy individuals, with low and middle-income economies having the worst survival rates. Spinal cord injury is linked with a peril of occurrence of secondary conditions, which can be incapacitating and sometimes cost a person’s life, such as urinary tract infections, deep vein thrombosis, muscle spasms, pressure ulcers, osteoporosis, chronic pain, and respiratory complications. As ...

 A new perspective longitudinal cohort study from the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, the DeltaQuest Foundation in Concord, Massachusetts, and Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, has found that how people perceive their quality of life affects their spine surgery outcomes and may well represent “the next frontier” in outcomes assessment. Co-author Joel Finkelstein, M.D., M.Sc., the Feldberg Chair in Spinal Research at the University of Toronto, explained how he and his team decided to conduct this study to OTW, “Clinicians measure the outcomes of their treatment by the standardized PROMs or Patient Reported Outcome Measures. These are classified into generic and disease-specific scoring systems. The nature of the evaluation is from the patient’s perspective, which is the important outcome.” “It has been my experience (as well as others) that the observed and expected outcome, self-reported patient and objective measures, do not always align. This can affe...

Skull reshaping, which is also known as contouring of the skull or the augmentation of the back-of-head, is nothing but a surgical procedure. This surgery is done to reshape the skull and give it a more uniform shape, an oblong shape perhaps. People who are not happy with the shape of their skull or are facing some form of skull abnormalities undergo this surgical process. The reshaping of the skull is done to solve issues like a flattened skull, ridges as well as bumps, and too wide or too narrow skulls. The surgery is not easy and it will require the patient to go through a thorough consultation with the surgeon. The surgeon needs to learn about the needs and expectations of the patient before the process. Another cause of skull reshaping is the condition called craniosynostosis . Here, the growth pattern of the infant’s skull changes due to one or more joints of the skull, fusing permanently.  As a result, the skull grows bigger, in order to make space for the brain to grow as w...

With the increase of office culture where you have to sit in one position and work on your computers for hours, spinal deformities are possible as the office chairs are not healthy for your back as it creates pressure on your lower spine. These spinal pains and postural deformities can be very painful and can be quite serious at times. These habits of sitting on office chairs for long can cause a list of problems like chronic neck and back pains, bad posture, sciatica, effect on your blood circulation, carpal tunnel syndrome, pinched nerves, and spine degeneration. About the minimal incision surgery Doctors wanted a way out with an ever-evolving spinal disorder that might not cost great money and time. Thus, MIS (minimally invasive surgery) was introduced as an ongoing procedure in the 1980s, less painful and less disruptive. It is very different from the traditional lumbar or open-back surgery but much more effective and pain-free. It has very less blood loss as the incisions are not ...

An orthopedic implant is a surgery, through which a device is placed into the human body. The purpose is to restore the function and strength of the body part, by replacing the damaged structure. It is noteworthy that implants are usually used as the last resort, in case the attempts for healing the damage fail. Humans have been using different kinds of implants for more than centuries now. Titanium has traditionally been seen as a biocompatible metal and if the titanium is pure then it is said that it is composed of 99% titanium and very low traces of nickel present in it. A variety of titanium orthopedic implants are used for different kinds of procedures. Since any orthopedic implant procedure is complicated, it is important to have enough information about the problems, surgeries, and implants used to treat the issues. What kind of metal is used in orthopedic surgery? Previously, implants were made using gold, silver, lead, and aluminum. One of the latest discoveries was the use of...

  PEEK implants had been used since the 1990s, and it was widely advertised as a biomaterial for implants in April 1998. The initial use o of PEEK implants was for orthopedic purposes especially spinal surgery . We go straight to the PEEK definition; Polyether ether ketone, abbreviated as PEEK, is a semi-crystalline organic thermoplastic polymer. The outstanding properties of PEEK, such as high durability, low moisture absorption, bone-like modulus, load-bearing, thermal resistance, flexibility, toughness, etc. making it a popular and standard biomaterial. History of PEEK Implant PEEK, was first developed for aerospace purposes in 1978. It was widely used in different industries such as aerospace, healthcare, food and beverage, chemical and Pharmaceutical, etc. PEEK had emerged as an alternative for metal implants by the late 1990s, and it was widely advertised as a biomaterial for implants in April 1998. The initial use o of these implants was for orthopedic purposes especially sp...

 Published results showed marked differences in the utilization of ankle replacement across six countries with national registries. For their study, Thomas A. Perry, BSc, PhD, and colleagues used aggregate data and summary statistics on ankle replacements from national joint replacement registries in Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom between 1993 and 2019. Researchers extracted demographic data on patient age, sex and indications for primary ankle replacement from the annual recorded counts of procedures and obtained registry-level summary results on data completeness, counts of hospitals/units and health care providers performing ankle replacements annually and data collection processes. Researchers calculated the annual ankle replacement incidence for all diagnoses and by indication categories per 100,000 residential population for patients aged 18 years and older. Results showed New Zealand had the largest annual incidence with approximately ...