Re: ARTHRITIC ANKLES BEING REPLACED BY CADAVER BONES

[Guest guest]

What a great idea! Are you considering this, a? Or wouldn't that

work for you?

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[ ] ARTHRITIC ANKLES BEING REPLACED BY CADAVER BONES

June 25, 2004

Surgery Offers New Hope for Mobility and Pain Relief

Washington, D.C. ­ Orthopedic surgeon , MD, says, ³In the 12

years I¹ve been a foot and ankle surgeon, this is the most exciting

thing

I¹ve been able to offer my patients.²

Called alograft ankle transplant, Dr. can use the ankle of a

cadaver

to replace an ankle damaged by arthritis or trauma.

Dr. said, ³ This gives people age 20-50 or people who are

overweight

a new option. Our old method was to fuse the ankle or wait until the

patient

was 55 to perform an ankle replacement. Now we have a method, which is

not

as traumatic or extensive a surgery as an ankle replacement. There is no

organ rejection, so patients do not need to be on anti-rejection

medications

after surgery.²

The way it works is Dr. cuts out the area of the damaged ankle,

then

cuts out the same area of the cadaver ankle. He then fits them together

like

pieces of a puzzle. The surgery takes about an hour.

³The other nice thing about this procedure is that even though we don¹t

know

the life expectancy of the new ankle, we haven¹t burned bridges in terms

of

future treatments. We can still go back and put in an artificial ankle

replacement or fuse the ankle later if necessary we have to,² Dr.

said.

³The metal and plastic artificial ankle replacements have been available

in

the United States for the past five years. Although preliminary reports

indicated a 92% survivorship of the implant, recent reports have not

been as

encouraging,² Dr. said.

³Outcomes vary, with the ideal patients being over age 55, less active

and

not overweight. This leaves few options, other than fusion, for younger

people with advanced arthritis. This procedure of using a cadaver ankle

fills that need. Early reports with Allograft ankle replacements at

town have shown marked improvement in pain, flexibility and gait.

To

date, a 100% graft acceptance has been noted.²

http://www.georgetownuniversityhospital.org/body.cfm?id=15 & action=detail & ref

=92

[Guest guest]

Oh yes, I am considering it . This is what I saw on television about a

year ago, being done by a doctor in California. I searched high and low for

info on the web, but could find nothing. I¹m so excited to find someone on

this coast doing it. To bad I didn¹t find out when I was living in NJ.

This doctor would have been within driving distance. Oh what a shame, I¹ll

have to go visit family and friends in NJ

a

> What a great idea! Are you considering this, a? Or wouldn't that

> work for you?

>

>

>

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

> http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine

> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

>

>

> [ ] ARTHRITIC ANKLES BEING REPLACED BY CADAVER BONES

>

>

>

> June 25, 2004

>

> Surgery Offers New Hope for Mobility and Pain Relief

>

> Washington, D.C. ­ Orthopedic surgeon , MD, says, ³In the 12

> years I¹ve been a foot and ankle surgeon, this is the most exciting

> thing

> I¹ve been able to offer my patients.²

>

> Called alograft ankle transplant, Dr. can use the ankle of a

> cadaver

> to replace an ankle damaged by arthritis or trauma.

>

> Dr. said, ³ This gives people age 20-50 or people who are

> overweight

> a new option. Our old method was to fuse the ankle or wait until the

> patient

> was 55 to perform an ankle replacement. Now we have a method, which is

> not

> as traumatic or extensive a surgery as an ankle replacement. There is no

> organ rejection, so patients do not need to be on anti-rejection

> medications

> after surgery.²

>

> The way it works is Dr. cuts out the area of the damaged ankle,

> then

> cuts out the same area of the cadaver ankle. He then fits them together

> like

> pieces of a puzzle. The surgery takes about an hour.

>

> ³The other nice thing about this procedure is that even though we don¹t

> know

> the life expectancy of the new ankle, we haven¹t burned bridges in terms

> of

> future treatments. We can still go back and put in an artificial ankle

> replacement or fuse the ankle later if necessary we have to,² Dr.

> said.

>

> ³The metal and plastic artificial ankle replacements have been available

> in

> the United States for the past five years. Although preliminary reports

> indicated a 92% survivorship of the implant, recent reports have not

> been as

> encouraging,² Dr. said.

> ³Outcomes vary, with the ideal patients being over age 55, less active

> and

> not overweight. This leaves few options, other than fusion, for younger

> people with advanced arthritis. This procedure of using a cadaver ankle

> fills that need. Early reports with Allograft ankle replacements at

> town have shown marked improvement in pain, flexibility and gait.

> To

> date, a 100% graft acceptance has been noted.²

>

> http://www.georgetownuniversityhospital.org/body.cfm?id=15 & action=detail & ref

> =92

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sounds like a good idea all the way around, LOL, a! I'm sure your

friends and family will be disappointed to see you.

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Re: [ ] ARTHRITIC ANKLES BEING REPLACED BY CADAVER

BONES

Oh yes, I am considering it . This is what I saw on television

about a

year ago, being done by a doctor in California. I searched high and low

for

info on the web, but could find nothing. I¹m so excited to find

someone on

this coast doing it. To bad I didn¹t find out when I was living in NJ.

This doctor would have been within driving distance. Oh what a shame,

I¹ll

have to go visit family and friends in NJ

a

[Guest guest]

I've recently heard about bone & vertabrae replacement from cadavers too.

That's what I badly need myself. That & disc replacement which I found out they

also now can do as I have none in most parts of my spine anymore. What a

marvelous thing it would be to look forward to having my spine literally

rebuilt. If only it were possible. I'm checking into it with my doctor & soon

but don't know if Medicare would even cover it or where to go to get it nearby.

Caroline

<Matsumura_Clan@...> wrote:

Sounds like a good idea all the way around, LOL, a! I'm sure your

friends and family will be disappointed to see you.

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Re: [ ] ARTHRITIC ANKLES BEING REPLACED BY CADAVER

BONES

Oh yes, I am considering it . This is what I saw on television

about a

year ago, being done by a doctor in California. I searched high and low

for

info on the web, but could find nothing. I¹m so excited to find

someone on

this coast doing it. To bad I didn¹t find out when I was living in NJ.

This doctor would have been within driving distance. Oh what a shame,

I¹ll

have to go visit family and friends in NJ

a