Dr. Tom Minas, Director of the Cartilage Repair Center at Brigham andWomen's Hospital, and Dr. Wolfgang Fitz, Associate Orthopaedic Surgeon atBrigham and Women's Hospital performed the surgery. The webcast ismoderated by Dr. Thomas Thornhill, MD, Chief of Orthopaedics at Brigham andWomen's.

The implant is created through an advanced image-to-implant process thatutilizes CT scans from a patient to create a virtual model of a patient'sknee. The implant, as well as the cutting and placement guides used for thesurgery, are custom designed and manufactured to match each patient's kneeanatomy.

To assure precise implantation, the surgeons will utilize patient-specificinstruments designed from the same scans as the implant, including data onthe patient's biomechanical axis. The patient-specific cutting andplacement guides reduce the number of steps during surgery and provideprecise guidance to accurately place the instruments, simplifying thesurgical technique. This personalized approach eliminates many of the bonecuts required in traditional surgery, helping to reduce surgical andrecovery times. More than 80 patient-specific, partial knee resurfacingprocedures have been performed worldwide.

Though originally aired on October 9, 2008, viewers will have theopportunity to email questions to the surgeons that performed thisprocedure.

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