Surgeon performs 1st revision knee procedure with Exactech computer-assisted surgery system: 3 things to know

Exactech performed the first successful revisionary knee procedure with its guided personalized surgery system. Here’s what you need to know.

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1. Exactech launched three revision implant systems in the last year.

 

2. To develop the technologies, the company partnered with orthopedic surgeons. Bernard Stulberg, MD, performed the first revision knee procedure.

 

Dr. Stulberg said, “This system has great potential to improve predictability and reproducibility in revision total knee procedures.”

 

3. The system received 510(k) clearance in the United States and approval in the European Union.

 

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