FEATURED TECHNOLOGY
Arthrosurface
✐ Product page link: https://www.arthrosurface.com/products/knee/patello-femoral-implants/
✐ Surgical Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1DhULIgdQ
✐ Patient Testimonial link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKX8DHoBMxQ
A focal implant is an implant of metal or plastic that replaces a small and discrete area of damaged joint surface.
A focal implant may prevent further damage in a way analogous to a dental filling, providing an alternative to a joint replacement. Patients with such a problem are often relatively young with otherwise healthy joint cartilage.
CLINICAL PUBLICATIONS
Prosthetic inlay resurfacing for the treatment of focal, full thickness cartilage defects of the femoral condyle: a bridge between biologics and conventional arthroplasty. Bollars P, Bosquet, M, Vandekerckhove B, Hardeman F and Bellemans, J. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc; 2012 Sep;20(9):1753-9
A Comparison of the Outcomes for Cartilage Defects of the Knee Treated With Biologic Resurfacing Versus Focal Metallic Implants. Pascual-Garrido C, Daley E, Verma NN, Cole BJ. Arthroscopy. 2017 Feb;33(2):364-373
Focal articular prosthetic resurfacing for the treatment of full-thickness articular cartilage defects in the knee: 12-year follow-up of two cases and review of the literature. Becher C, Cantiller EB. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2017 Sep;137(9):1307-1317
Biological Response Following Inlay Arthroplasty of the Knee: Cartilage Flow Over the Implant. Beyzadeoglu T and Pehlivanoglu T. Cartilage. 2018 Apr; 9(2): 156–160.
See also -
eBook - Knee arthritis interventions when you are too young for a total knee replacement
Easy to read eBook to help you make decisions if you have knee arthritis and are too young for a knee replacement.