Orthopediatrics Articles
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Breakthrough Innovations in Bipolar Hip Prosthesis: Improving Mobility and Stability
Hip replacement surgery has been a life-changing procedure for individuals grappling with debilitating hip conditions like osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or hip fractures. Over the years, continuous strides in medical technology have ushered in substantial enhancements in hip prostheses, offering patients the prospect of regaining mobility, alleviating pain, and improving their overall ...
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Phoebe’s Story: A Cross-Country Journey to Repair a Torn ACL
Some patients go to great lengths to ensure they receive the best treatment for an injury — even if it requires traveling to the opposite side of the country. That was the case with Phoebe Anderson, a collegiate athlete at the University of California at Berkeley who suffered an ACL tear while playing rugby. Twenty-year old Phoebe and her mother, Larissa, learned about the BEAR® ...
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Corey’s Story: First Patient Treated with BEAR® Implant Going Strong After Six Years
Before any new medical technology is approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a considerable number of courageous patients must first agree to participate in clinical trials of the new technology – without any data on potential success rates. For the BEAR® Implant, that brave patient was Corey Peak, a recreational athlete who tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ...
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BEAR Implant Rehabilitation Tips for Success
The BEAR Implant rehabilitation program is designed to protect your ACL during the healing process while helping you meet important rehabilitation goals. The BEAR Implant has been used in humans for more than eight years. Clinical studies have shown that patients who follow the recommended rehabilitation program are more likely to successfully return to their prior activities. Wearing your ...
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What to Expect Immediately After BEAR Implant Surgery
The BEAR Implant is designed to help your body restore your own ACL. Following the procedure, your body will be working hard to heal your own ACL tissue. During this time, your new ACL is delicate. Following the rehabilitation program that has been carefully designed for the BEAR Implant will help protect your ACL during the healing process while enabling you to meet important rehabilitation ...
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Heal Your Torn ACL with the BEAR Implant
The anterior cruciate ligament, better known as the ACL, is one of the four ligaments within the knee that connect the femur to the tibia. It’s also one of the most commonly injured ligaments in the knee, especially among athletes. Unlike many other ligaments in the body, the ACL does not have the ability to heal on its own. A thick liquid – called synovial fluid – reduces ...
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BEAR III Clinical - Case Study
The BEAR Implant is the first medical advancement to enable your body to heal its own torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). That’s a big deal, because until now your ACL would have been replaced with either another tendon from your body or a tendon from a deceased donor. The BEAR Implant is different because it works with your own blood to heal the torn ends of your ACL back ...
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Bear-Moon Clinical Case Study
The BEAR Implant is the first medical advancement to enable your body to heal its own torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). That’s a big deal, because until now your ACL would have been replaced with either another tendon from your body or a tendon from a deceased donor. The BEAR Implant is different because it works with your own blood to heal the torn ends of your ACL back ...
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Luna’s Story: Teen Trailblazer Becomes First BEAR Implant Patient in Connecticut
Very rarely does a high school student who aspires to study medicine get a first-hand opportunity to be a medical trailblazer. But 15-year-old Luna Martini stepped comfortably into that role when she became the first patient in Connecticut to receive a BEAR® Implant to treat her torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). A freshman at Farmington High School, Luna aspires to be a doctor herself ...
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What are Surgical Options for ACL Tears?
The anterior cruciate ligament, better known as the ACL, is one of the two ligaments in the center of your knee that connect the femur to the tibia. It’s also one of the most commonly injured, especially among athletes. Unlike many other ligaments in the body, the ACL does not have the ability to heal on its own. A thick liquid – called synovial fluid – reduces friction ...
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Dysmorphic Sacrum Fixation Treatment with the Curvafix IM System - Case Study
CASE PRESENTATION A 24-year-old female with a right sacral fracture and a dysmorphic upper sacral ...
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Advantages of using Spine 3D(CT-based) Navigation in complex Spine Surgeries
To confidently perform a spinal fusion and screw fixation with excellence surgical navigation is consistently used as a powerful tool. Surgical Navigation provides real-time guidance and precise measurements for accurately placing the pedicle screws to help stabilize the spine. A preoperative CT scan gives a detailed visualization of the structure decreasing the potential for implant-related ...
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Polysaccharides Function as Backbone for Embryonic Osteogenesis
Osteogenesis, or new bone formation, begins in the early stages of embryonic development and continues postnatally until skeletal maturity is reached in early adulthood. Osteogenesis reoccurs in the event of bone trauma, such as a fracture or surgically created defect. Bone mass can also increase in response to chronic weight bearing from daily use or decrease due to a lack of movement or applied ...
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Engineers torque technology to medics
Medical experts and sports scientists are becoming increasingly reliant on engineers as their disciplines become more and more technical. Mark Ingham looks at some of the projects his company, Sensor Technology, has helped behind the scenes. Like most rugby players I took my knees for granted until the day a twisting fall resulted in a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Fortunately these days it ...
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