Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment with the KineSpring Knee Implant System: A Report of Two Cases
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability in middle-aged and older adults with the prevalence expected to increase by 40% by 2025. This dramatic projected increase in OA reflects, in large part, the alarming obesity epidemic. Indeed, it is now well understood that abnormal loading acros...
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| description | Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability in middle-aged and older adults with the prevalence expected to increase by 40% by 2025. This dramatic projected increase in OA reflects, in large part, the alarming obesity epidemic. Indeed, it is now well understood that abnormal loading across the knee joint due to malalignment and/or excessive weight gain is responsible for accelerating OA progression. Consequently, there is a therapeutic need for alternative knee OA treatments that directly address joint overload to fill the gap between ineffective conservative care and invasive joint-modifying surgical procedures. We describe two cases that presented with bilateral knee OA resistant to conservative treatments, each with one knee previously and unsuccessfully treated with high tibial osteotomy to improve alignment and the contralateral knee successfully treated with a joint-preserving, load-absorbing implant (KineSpring Knee Implant System). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-600b5b048799424db9e25e5032c26c562025-02-03T01:32:57ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572012-01-01201210.1155/2012/297326297326Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment with the KineSpring Knee Implant System: A Report of Two CasesDavid A. Hayes0Larry E. Miller1Jon E. Block2Brisbane Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center, Level 5, 259 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, QLD 4000, AustraliaMiller Scientific Consulting, 26 Portobello Road, Arden, NC 28704, USAThe Jon Block Group, 2210 Jackson Street, Suite 401, San Francisco, CA 94115, USAOsteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability in middle-aged and older adults with the prevalence expected to increase by 40% by 2025. This dramatic projected increase in OA reflects, in large part, the alarming obesity epidemic. Indeed, it is now well understood that abnormal loading across the knee joint due to malalignment and/or excessive weight gain is responsible for accelerating OA progression. Consequently, there is a therapeutic need for alternative knee OA treatments that directly address joint overload to fill the gap between ineffective conservative care and invasive joint-modifying surgical procedures. We describe two cases that presented with bilateral knee OA resistant to conservative treatments, each with one knee previously and unsuccessfully treated with high tibial osteotomy to improve alignment and the contralateral knee successfully treated with a joint-preserving, load-absorbing implant (KineSpring Knee Implant System).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/297326 |
| spellingShingle | David A. Hayes Larry E. Miller Jon E. Block Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment with the KineSpring Knee Implant System: A Report of Two Cases Case Reports in Orthopedics |
| title | Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment with the KineSpring Knee Implant System: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_full | Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment with the KineSpring Knee Implant System: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_fullStr | Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment with the KineSpring Knee Implant System: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment with the KineSpring Knee Implant System: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_short | Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment with the KineSpring Knee Implant System: A Report of Two Cases |
| title_sort | knee osteoarthritis treatment with the kinespring knee implant system a report of two cases |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/297326 |
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