Inland Empire residents suffering from knee pain can finally take a sigh
of relief thanks to the availability of minimally traumatic,
patient-specific knee resurfacing implants. Dr.
Leisure Yu, an orthopedic surgeon at Loma
Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, California, and the
Advanced Surgical Center in Redlands, California. Dr. Yu is performing a
new type of patient-specific knee implant surgery for patients
throughout the Inland Empire suffering from osteoarthritis; a condition
that affects more than 27 million adults in the U.S. Additionally, Dr.
Yu treats international patients and patients across the region,
including San Diego, San Francisco, and Las Vegas.
“ConforMIS’s technology offers patients of all ages a solution to
osteoarthritis and allows them to regain their pain-free and active
lifestyles”
Dr. Yu is currently performing surgery with the iUni®
and iDuo®,
the only personalized unicompartmental and bicompartmental knee
resurfacing implants on the market. The implants are designed as a
bone-sparing alternative to traditional total knee replacement in
patients whose arthritic damage is limited to just one or two
compartments of the knee. The implants resurface only the affected
areas, preserving far more bone on both the femur and tibia than
traditional total knee replacement surgery. It also preserves the
patient's ligaments, helping to maintain a more natural feeling knee,
and it safeguards options for future surgical procedures.
“ConforMIS’s technology offers patients of all ages a solution to
osteoarthritis and allows them to regain their pain-free and active
lifestyles,” said Dr. Yu. “Additionally, unlike traditional total knee
replacement, a patient-specific partial knee implant enables the
patient’s healthy bone to be preserved.”