Full Function, Faster® Medial-Pivot

Total Knee Replacement

Patient Brochure

Osteoarthritis affects nearly 350 million people worldwide.1 It is a common condition in which cartilage breakdown around the joints causes your bones to rub together, and it is especially common in the knee joint, which carries most of the body’s weight. Symptoms include pain, swelling, and changes in appearance and function of the joint – which can contribute to loss of motion.

If other treatments, such as medi-cation, therapy or injections, have proven ineffective, a total knee replacement may be the best way to get your life back.

Does your knee prevent you from performing and enjoying everyday activities?

What is Total Knee Replacement?

Your knee joint is cushioned by cartilage that covers the ends of the thigh bone (femur), top of the shin bone (tibia) and the knee cap (patella), helping them to move smoothly against each other. But when this cartilage wears down and your bones begin to rub together, it can cause severe knee pain that reduces the function of your knee.

The goal of total knee replacement surgery is to replace this damaged bone and cartilage with smooth metal and high-grade plastic that recreate the surface of your knee joint. These new surfaces are designed to replicate the function and feeling of a healthy knee while also preventing the pain caused by damaged bones rubbing together. Total knee replacement is one of the most successful treatments to restore knee function and stop pain.

Normal Knee Artificial Knee

Patella DomePlastic on the back of the knee cap

Femoral ComponentMetal at the end of thigh

Tibial InsertPlastic replaces

menisci

Tibial TrayMetal on top

of shin

FemurThigh Bone

PatellaKnee Cap

Cartilage

Menisci

CollateralLigament

TibiaShin Bone

Fibula

CollateralLigament

Anterior Cruciate Ligament ACL

Posterior Cruciate Ligament PCL

What is Full Function, Faster® Total Knee Replacement?

Full Function, Faster® total knee replacement is a protocol which has been designed to optimize patient recovery and regain normal function as soon as possible.

Where traditional total knee replacement patients are hospitalized anywhere between 4 and 14 days, the designers of this concept have put a multidisciplinary team approach together which will allow you to regain function as soon as possible.

As a result, you can expect to leave the hospital back home much sooner than compared to a traditional knee replace-ment. You will be able to go home as soon as you think you are ready and as soon as your surgeon thinks you are ready. This could be the day of surgery itself or the day after surgery, without additional risk or discomfort compared to conventional knee replacement.

The protocol combines multiple aspects of knee replace-ment treatment that have a proven contribution to accelerated rehab and function. These aspects are:

• Patient preparation• Anesthesia• Medial-Pivot total knee implant• Rehabilitation

The pillars of the program focus on your health, more specifically:

• Psychological You know each step of your treatment, what to expect and what not to expect. You always have a call point in case of any doubt.

• Functional You will be discharged, knowing what you can do, what you can’t do and what you must do with your newly replaced knee.

• Physiological The program has been designed to minimize discomfort and side effects after the surgery.

Traditional knee replacements have been shown to feel unstable and move in an unnatural way2. Medial-Pivot knee implants were designed to address these limitations, providing patients with a natural-feeling implant that works like a healthy knee3.

Traditional implants are shown to decrease stability by sliding forward during everyday activities.2-3

But a normal knee pivots on its inner (medial) side. And when the knee bends, the outer (lateral) side rolls back, while the medial side rotates in one place4. Figure 1.

This is precisely how a Medial-Pivot Knee implant was designed to move, and how it received its name – by replicating the bending, rotating and twisting of a healthy knee3. This ball-in-socket design maximizes stability throughout range of motion, and allows patients to walk down stairs, and complete other daily activities with confidence8. Figure 2.

Is the implant important?

Figure 1

Figure 2

Lateral Meniscus allows motion

Superior (top) view of the tibial plateau

Medial-Pivot Insert

ACL stops posterior (backward) slide

PCL stops anterior (forward) slide

Medial Meniscus and concave surface

provide stability

Lateral Meniscus path allows for 15° of motion

Medial anterior (forward) lip replaces PCL and stops anterior (forward) slide

Medial posterior lip replaces ACL

and stops posterior (backward) slide

Medial meniscal “socket”provides

stability

Stability you can count on

Studies have shown that instability is the leading cause of early revisions.5-6 Traditional implants cause instability during everyday activities like walking down stairs, bend-ing, and squatting due to the limitations in their design.

The stability of a Medial-Pivot knee achieves higher patient satisfaction when resuming everyday activities.7

In fact, clinical studies have shown that patients prefer the design of a Medial-Pivot knee over traditional knee implant designs.7

Medial-Pivot knee replacement: a function enhancing implant!

In addition to the intrinsic stability of a Medial-Pivot knee, patients receiving this type of implant can perform activi-ties easier than recipients of a traditional implants, since less muscle strength is needed to perform these activities.8

The quadriceps muscle is a large muscle group that in-cludes the four prevailing muscles on the front of the thigh. Also called quadriceps complex, it is crucial in daily life activities such as walking, running, jumping and squatting, since it is mainly responsible for the knee extension. Quadriceps muscle strength and function after a replace-ment surgery is a complex multifactorial issue, in which several parameters can play a role, the implant being one of them. With lower forces required for its function, the quad-riceps muscle fatigue in bent knee activities and strength- related tasks is lowered, resulting in better knee function with the potential for less pain.9

In comparative research, the Medial-Pivot knee implants have shown to be much more efficient in the activation of the quadriceps muscle. Recipients of a Medial-Pivot knee have shown to require half the muscle strength to perform every day activities compared to traditional knee designs.8

About 30 minutes after surgery

Orthopedic Consult

Instructive Meeting

Anesthetic Consult

Home Preparation

Hospital admission

Medial-Pivot Joint replacement

Return to your room

Dress in normal attire

Start rehab-cryotherapy

Have a meal

Get active with physio

Hospital discharge and go home

Surgical Decision

How do you prepare for surgery?

What is the best way to treat you?

Be fit and ready for surgery, as well as for your return home afterwards

2-3 hours before surgery

Efficient performance enhancing surgery

About 1 hour after surgery

About 1 hour after surgery

About 2-3 hours after surgery

About 3-4 hours after surgery

As soon as you canMove independently

As of 6-8 hours after surgery

After Surgery

What should you expect?

You are part of the team!

Undergoing total knee replacement surgery is a major event during life. The team behind your treatment is com-mitted to provide you with the best possible care available, to ensure that you can resume your active lifestyle as quick-ly as possible and you are fully satisfied with the outcome of the treatment. However, their efforts are not the only thing that matters!

You, as a patient, are an important active team member in the process of knee replacement. During your journey, you will receive a lot of important guidelines and instructions. You will need to strictly follow these guidelines and fully execute your physician’s instructions. These are key factors in achieving the goal of your knee replacement, being maximal function and satisfaction.

Surgery

Before Surgery

References

1. Arthritis and Total Knee Arthroplasty: Knee Implant Proce-dures http://seniors-health-medicare.suite101.com/article.cfm/arthritis_and_total_knee_arthroplasty#ixzz0gHPzocel Mark McBride, MD ; Prakash Thulasimani. Nov 3, 2009. Accessed: Feb. 22, 2010

2. Dennis DA, Komistek RD, Mahfouz MR, Haas BD, Stiehl JB. Multicenter determination of in vivo kinematics after total knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2003

3. Schmidt R, Komistek RD, Blaha JD, Penenberg BL, Maloney WJ. Fluoroscopic analyses of cruciate-retaining and medial pivot knee implants. Nov 2003, (416):37-57.

4. Komistek R. In vivo fluoroscopic analyses of the normal human knee. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2003;410:69-81

5. Firestone T. Surgical management of symptomatic instabil-ity following failed primary total knee replacement. J Bone Joint Surg; 2006, 83(4): 80-4

6. Blaha D. Kinematics of the knee and total knee prosthesis design. J Bone Joint Surg Br 2002 Vol. 84-Bno. SUPP I 75-i-76

7. Pritchett JW. Patients prefer a bicruciate-retaining or the medial pivot total knee prosthesis. J Arthroplasty. 2011; 26(2): 224-8.

8. LaMontagne M, et al. Quadriceps and Hamstring Muscle Activation and Function Following Medial Pivot and Posterior Stabilized TKA: Pilot Study – EFORT, Prague, Czech Republic, 27–29 May 2015

9. Greene KA, et al.Quadriceps Muscle Function in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 2008; 23(7 Sup-pl):15–19

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Disclaimer

Individual results and activity levels after surgery vary and depend on many factors

including age, weight and prior activity level.

There are risks and recovery times associated with surgery and there are certain individuals

who should not undergo surgery.

Consult with your physician to determine the correct treatment for you.

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