Constrained or hinged implant. This type of an implant has a hinge and is attached to the bone on each side. Your surgeon will use it if other knee ligaments, like your medial and lateral ...

Note: We prefer to protect the repair with semitendinosus augmentation, especially when there is no inherent medial lateral implant stability, (ie, minimally constrained knee arthroplasty).

Is a greater degree of constraint really harmful? Clinical biomechanical comparative study between condylar constrained knee and rotating hinge prosthesis.

CINCINNATI, Ohio (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Shoulder replacement is the third most common replacement in the U.S., following hip and knee replacements. It’s mostly needed due to arthritis, causing ...