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Wright Medical Group Launches Grafting
System for Hip Surgery
Link
http://www.ryortho.com/NEWSSHORTS/volume3/issue39/12-06-07-NS-Wright-Medical.htm
By Elizabeth Hofheinz, MEd, MPH December 6, 2007
Wright Medical Group, Inc. has announced the commercial
release of its new biologic grafting system for use in core
decompression surgical procedures, which are procedures used in treating
patients with early stage avascular necrosis (AVN) of the hip. The
system combines Wright’s new X-REAM™ Expandable Reamer with a simplified
procedure kit that includes Wright’s proprietary PRO-DENSE™ Injectable
Graft.
The surgeon works with the system by first drilling a small channel
through the neck of the femur to access and “decompress” the necrotic
bone. The X-REAM device is then inserted into the channel, the tip
expanded and rotated, removing the necrotic bone in the process.
PRO-DENSE graft is then injected into the surgically created space in
order to regenerate healthy bone.
In the news release Robert Heck, M.D., an orthopedic oncologist at the
Campbell Clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, stated, “Wright’s new system is a
simple but important advancement to the standard core decompression
procedure. Through a minimally invasive approach, I can now debride more
of the necrotic bone lesion and fill the surgically created void with
the PRO-DENSE graft. In a retrospective study of 35 hips in 24 patients
over the past 18 months, the early results are very encouraging.”
The new system is now available in the U.S., with international
availability scheduled for early 2008. Company estimates are that there
are approximately 20,000 surgical interventions due to AVN annually in
the U.S., with over 50,000 such interventions performed annually on a
worldwide basis.
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