I had the pleasure of getting to know Kevin and his lovely wife Susan when they came to Maui for their usual windsurfing adventure. I worked out with Susan while she was here and had such a great time.
Kevin and I at the time were helping rehab a dear friend and former US Ski Team member, Chris McCutcheon, an amazing athlete. I have to wonder how his knees are holding up these days Kevin?
Kevin has always been on the cutting edge of superior orthopedic technology and advances. As an athlete himself, he understands how important it is to get his patients back on the water, or on the slopes of Lake Tahoe. Patients arrive to his San Fransisco Clinic from all over the world and all get treated like first class athletes.
Kevin Stone, MD
“Many patients with healthy knees, but who are missing a portion of their meniscus, will benefit from a segmental re-growth,” Dr. Stone said.
| Collagen Meniscus Implant Opens New Vista for Knee Repair
SAN FRANCISCO, August 18, 2009 - The Stone Clinic in San Francisco reported it implanted the first commercially available meniscus templates in California this past week, opening up a whole new field of meniscus reconstruction. The implant permits segmental rebuilding of portions damaged or missing meniscus cartilage, the fibrous shock absorber of the knee.To date doctors have only been able to remove, suture repair or replace the whole meniscus with cadaver tissue. There was no method of rebuilding or regenerating missing and torn segments. Torn meniscus cartilage leads to more than 1.4 million knee arthroscopies each year in the U.S. alone. Most commonly, surgeons just remove the damage tissue leaving the knee exposed to wear and tear arthritis. The new medical procedure – collagen meniscus implant – literally allows tissue in the knee to re-grow. Continue reading Repairing the Meniscus of the Knee Just Got Better Read About New Collagen Implant
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