Monday, February 27, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
30 year knee replacement introduced by MJRC
is now offering young patients a long lasting knee replacement. This could last as long as thirty years and would eliminate the chance of a redo or revision operation. This is possible by using a material called 'Oxinium' knee with an advanced patient specific instrumentation. This technology is called 'Verilast ' in the US.Dr.A.K.Venkatachalam
Dr.A.K.Venkatachalam
This innovative approach has the potential to make your knee prosthesis last twice that of a normal prosthesis to thirty years under normal conditions.
Oxinium knee
Femoral cutting block
This procedure has been done in three knees at the Chettinad super speciality hospital by Dr.Venkatachalam.
Tibial cutting block
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