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Do you have painful knees?
Does your doctor recommend a Total Knee Replacement?
If the answer is "YES", then you need to know there is another option:
The OXFORD Partial Knee Replacement
If knee pain is affecting your lifestyle, then you need to know this: the new concept in joint replacement surgery is to only replace the worn out portion of the arthritic joint.
The Oxford® Partial Knee Replacement is the first implant that can accomplish this task with proven long-term results of 98% at 10 years and beyond. For this reason the Oxford® makes a whole or total knee joint replacement NOT necessary in many cases.
The Oxford™ Unicompartmental Knee System offers these advantages:
- At 20 years following surgery, 92% of implants are still functioning well.
- More normal flexion and extension of the patient's knee
- Only the medial side of the knee is replaced, making this procedure available to a younger population
- Minimally invasive - a small incision is utilized (3-4 versus 8-12 inches!)
- Less pain due to a smaller operation
- One or two nights in hospital
- Faster recovery - discontinue crutches as fast as one desires
- Covered by Medicare and most private insurance
Many orthopedic surgeons today still do not recommend partial knee replacement for their patients because they are not familiar with the Oxford or qualified to do it. If your orthopedic surgeon tells you "partial knee replacement does not work", you need to get a second opinion! If your orthopedic surgeon tells you a different brand of partial knee replacement has the same 20 year success rate as the Oxford, ask him to show you the scientific paper or data supporting this opinion.
To be qualified to implant an Oxford, the FDA requires an orthopedic surgeon to complete an advanced training course. This training is required because the implantation technique for this procedure is very precise and the operation must be done correctly.
Dr. Bernabe has received this certification in San Diego, CA since March 2006 and has been successfully implanting the Oxford Partial Knee since. Dr. Bernabe has performed over 100 Oxford Partial knees so far.
If you have severe debilitating pain in your knee, you should schedule an appointment with Dr. Bernabe for a complete evaluation of your knee pain problem. You may only require an arthroscopic surgery, you may need an Oxford, or you may need a total replacement. Please call us for more details at (559) 589-6294.
COMMON MYTHS ABOUT PARTIAL KNEE REPLACEMENT:
1. "Partial knee replacements do not work!"
2. "Why have a partial knee now when you are
going to need a total knee in the future?"
3. "You don't need an Oxford. All partial knee
replacements are the same!"
The Oxford knee is the ONLY partial knee system with a proven track record of 92% success rate at 20 years. The Oxford knee has also been shown to slow down the progress of arthritis in the other parts of the knee. Why cut out the perfectly good parts of the knee when only the bone-on-bone medial side needs to be replaced? The other partial knee replacements systems do not have the same worldwide proven acceptance as the Oxford Unicompartmental Knee. Ask Dr. Bernabe if the Oxford Knee is right for you.
The Oxford Partial Knee.
Less pain. More natural motion.
Ask yourself: Do I really need a total knee replacement?
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