ODYSSEY™ Tissue Preserving Initiative for Knee Surgery

ODYSSEY™ MIS instrumentation enables a surgeon to perform a minimally-invasive and tissue-sparing surgical technique. This technique is designed to return patients to their normal, active life faster.

The ADVANCE® Medial-Pivot Total Knee and ADVANCE® Double-High Knee System implants provide natural knee motion and have been shown to be preferred by 80% of patients when compared to other knee systems. When combined with the ADVANCE® implants, ODYSSEY™ MIS instruments may significantly improve the results of total knee arthroplasty.

ODYSSEY™ MIS Knee instrumentation was developed to provide the surgeon with instruments specifically designed for knee surgery that will take place within a smaller incision (on average 4-6 inches, as opposed to the traditional 8-12" of a traditional knee surgery). Minimally-invasive surgery is not only about the size of the incision, however, but also the amount of soft-tissue damage that takes place below that incision. Wright's instruments are designed to minimize this as well, which will greatly assist with alleviation of pain and faster rehabilitation, after the surgery takes place.

What Is Minimally-Invasive Surgery (MIS)?
Ideally, an MIS surgical approach allows the surgeon to avoid having to move your patella or cut the quadriceps muscle or quadriceps tendon. Theoretically, using this less invasive approach to surgery, patients experience faster recovery and less postoperative pain.⁵

What Does the Data Show?
Preliminary results have consistently shown patients experience decreased blood loss, less pain, and earlier range of motion with MIS Knee surgery.