MISHA Knee System
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The real Knee shock absorber is here!
There are some moments in our life where we think “why didn’t I think of that?”. You will get that thought when you see this particular implant.
HTO, Uniknee ‘s, and all other surgeries for a unicompartmental early(-ish) arthritis are aimed at offloading the affected compartment. People at MOXIMED translated that thought quite literally into an off-loading device called “MISHA Knee System”
It is a medial off-loading shock absorber system, placed in an extracapsular location with ‘less’ invasive procedure. It allows weight bearing as early as 13 days with a narrow range of patient selection – 25-65 years old, mild to moderate medial knee OA (KL grade <2.5), ‘compatible anatomy’(no osteophytes, extruded meniscus, etc.) with adequate bone quality.
Please note, this is still in clinical trials (80 patients in 2 studies) with details in their website but early reports of three-year data are out. They claim 76% reduction in knee pain and 74% improvement in knee function based on WOMAC and KSS scores. No device mechanical failure. One screw partially backed out but without mechanical failure. 5% of patients complained of pain. (All the numbers are from the website based on data on file at MOXIMED).
Check out this Video link
We will post further update once the paper is out.
