REPIPHYSIS® Advantages
What are the Advantages of REPIPHYSIS® Expandable Technology?
The REPIPHYSIS® Implant offers a number of advantages, in both the short and long term. After the initial surgery, the implant is designed so that the child should not have to undergo several more traumatic expansion surgeries. A REPIPHYSIS® expansion procedure can be performed in a matter of minutes, without surgery. During lengthening, the child may experience some discomfort, pain, or a stretching feeling, but these symptoms can be relieved with ice packs. Weeks of recovery and rehabilitation are unnecessary, since the child is generally able to walk out of the doctor's office unassisted. The REPIPHYSIS® Implant is also very durable, meaning that children can continue being children. However, they should refrain from impact sports.
Over 400 REPIPHYSIS® Expandable Prostheses have been implanted by 50 orthopedic oncologists across the United States. Additionally, there have been over 100 implanted in Europe and the Middle East. Hundreds of expansions have been performed in the US. These children had good to excellent functional results, and they and their families have benefited tremendously from fewer surgeries, fewer hospitalizations, and less time spent in rehabilitation. The advantages of a REPIPHYSIS® Implant over traditional endoprostheses are obvious:
| Conventional Modular Implant | REPIPHYSIS® Expandable Prosthesis | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Implant Surgery | 1 | 1 | REPIPHYSIS® = |
| Expansion Surgeries (2cm each) | 4 | 0 | 4 Fewer Expansion Surgeries |
| Implant Midsections | 4 | 0 | 4 Fewer Implant Midsections |
| Hospitalizations | 4 | 0 | 4 Fewer Hospital Stays |
| Rehabilitation (weeks) | 44 | 12 | 32 Fewer Weeks of Rehab |
