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Originally Posted by 784caroline
The primary difference is that almost all doctors make the incision over the knee cap cutting all ligaments and muscle along the way and then stitching it up after the knee is replaced. THis is very painful and the time to recover and start walking is delayed. DR Nguyen uses the same prostesis knee as other Drs (Stryker), but he cuts the the side of the knee allowing him to simply move aside the ligaments and muscles. This procedure dramatically reduces the amount of pain the patient is in and allows much better and quicker recovery time to walk. He is the ONLY Dr in the States and worldwise to use this procedure and he is currently tryng to patten the procedure for use by other Surgeons.
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Actually, there are 8 Orthopedic Surgeons in the US now using this method; my wife's surgeon in KC (Dr. David Paul) is now using it. It is the way to go if a person needs knee replacement.