Kirk Kindsfater, MD, has presented findings from his knee replacement surgery research, which paved the way for the development of a new technique to improve this type of surgery.
Dr. Kindsfater, of the Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies in Fort Collins, Colo., presented his research and findings at the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty's annual meeting in Belgium. He has routinely kept research information on hip and knee replacement patients since 1998, tracking how the surgeries and implants have worked.
For various reasons, some patients have revision operations several years after their original total knee surgery. Dr. Kindsfater has used a small, triangular-shaped, titanium alloy sleeve that improves bone growth around the implants in these revision surgeries.
"I enjoy the information exchange with foreign physicians," Dr. Kindsfater said. "They face many different challenges than surgeons in the U.S. do, so their solutions are different. Learning how doctors in other parts of the world operate gives me different ideas that I could use to help my patients."
For various reasons, some patients have revision operations several years after their original total knee surgery. Dr. Kindsfater has used a small, triangular-shaped, titanium alloy sleeve that improves bone growth around the implants in these revision surgeries.
"I enjoy the information exchange with foreign physicians," Dr. Kindsfater said. "They face many different challenges than surgeons in the U.S. do, so their solutions are different. Learning how doctors in other parts of the world operate gives me different ideas that I could use to help my patients."
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