Dallas County Living Well Magazine Summer 2014 | Page 39

the implant. With this process, the resulting implant is an
“exact match” for the shape and size of the patient’s natural
knee.
With this process, the instruments used in surgery are
also customized to each patient. ConforMIS uses the data
from the CT scan of the knee to produce all of the cutting
and positioning instruments that the surgeon will need to
implant the knee. These instruments are designed for use in
only your knee.
A customized implant replaces your own natural anatomy. This reduces the ill fit that can occur with standard
knee implants. As a result, many patients report that they
experience less pain and a faster and fuller recovery.
Patients also say that the custom implant feels like their
normal knee. All knees are different in shape and size, yet
patients are still having an off-the-shelf product implanted
in their knee. With ConforMIS implants we can recreate the
natural knee.

Recovery after knee surgery
Short-term recovery after knee replacement surgery is
defined as the time it takes for a patient to walk without
assistance or pain. For many patients, short term recovery
after total knee replacement surgery with an off-the-shelf
implant can take up to 12 weeks or more. With the use of
customized