ADVISORY/Live Internet Broadcast of Noted Orthopaedic Surgeon J. Richard Steadman, M.D. Performing ACL Knee Surgery Slated for November 11, 1998.--(BW HealthWire)-- -0-
WHO: Orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine expert J. Richard
Steadman, M.D. of the Steadman Hawkins Clinic, Vail, Colorado and
co-founder, ReGen Biologics, Inc.
WHAT: Live internet broadcast of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
reconstruction surgery by Dr. Steadman, conducted from the
operating room of the Vail Valley Medical Center, Vail, Colorado.
WHEN: Wednesday November 11, 1998, (11:00 A.M., Mountain Time)
WHERE: AMERICAN HEALTH NETWORK, (http://www.ahn.com)
-0- J. Richard Steadman, M.D. conducts an orthopaedic surgery practice at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colorado and is globally recognized for his expertise in sports medicine, surgery and rehabilitation. Dr. Steadman received the Albert Trillat Award for Excellence in Knee Research from the International Society for the Knee and the H. Edward Cabaud Memorial Award for Knee Research from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Steadman is a co-founder of ReGen Biologics, a privately held orthobiologics company with a focus on the repair and preservation of the knee. The company's initial product, the collagen-based Meniscus meniscus /me·nis·cus/ (me-nis´kus) pl. menis´ci [L.] something of crescent shape, as the concave or convex surface of a column of liquid in a pipet or buret, or a crescent-shaped cartilage in the knee joint. Implant for regeneration and regrowth Re`growth´ n. 1. The act of regrowing; a second or new growth. The regrowth of limbs which had been cut off. - A. B. Buckley. of damaged meniscal knee cartilage, is currently undergoing pivotal multi-center clinical studies in the U.S. and abroad. The anterior cruciate ligament anterior cruciate ligament n. Abbr. ACL The cruciate ligament of the knee that crosses from the anterior intercondylar area of the tibia to the posterior part of the lateral condyle of the femur. (ACL See access control list. 1. ACL - Access Control List. 2. ACL - Association for Computational Linguistics. 3. ACL - A Coroutine Language. A Pascal-based implementation of coroutines. ["Coroutines", C.D. ) in the knee prevents the tibia tibia: see leg. or shinbone shin·bone n. See tibia. from sliding upon the femur or thighbone thigh·bone n. See femur. by acting like a tether. ACL damage usually results from a twisting injury which often occurs during sports activities. Patients with complete tears of the ACL may be suitable for surgical reconstruction. In such a procedure, the surgeon reconstructs the ACL from the patient's own tissues, usually a piece of tendon taken from near the knee. A reconstructed ACL can take up to a year to completely heal, but patients can return gradually to athletic activity as they undergo and progress through physical rehabilitation. |
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