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<blockquote data-quote="Doublezranch" data-source="post: 936749" data-attributes="member: 32664"><p>The brand will be picked by your surgeon. You don't want your surgeon putting in a implant that he/she is not familiar with. Some use a couple of systems.</p><p></p><p>Brands that are most reputable are as follows:</p><p></p><p>Stryker</p><p>Biomet</p><p>Zimmer</p><p>Smith & Nephew </p><p></p><p>Some surgeons can do patient specific implants. Your surgeon will send in a scan of your knee and the company builds a model. They make custom jigs that perfectly fit the cutting block to the condyle of the femur and the tibial plateau of the tibia. This makes for a patient specific implant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doublezranch, post: 936749, member: 32664"] The brand will be picked by your surgeon. You don't want your surgeon putting in a implant that he/she is not familiar with. Some use a couple of systems. Brands that are most reputable are as follows: Stryker Biomet Zimmer Smith & Nephew Some surgeons can do patient specific implants. Your surgeon will send in a scan of your knee and the company builds a model. They make custom jigs that perfectly fit the cutting block to the condyle of the femur and the tibial plateau of the tibia. This makes for a patient specific implant. [/QUOTE]
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