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Scientists
at the Rocky Mountain Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory
(RMMRL) are taking the guesswork out of incisions made during
joint replacement surgery.
Mohamed
Mahfouz, RMMRL researcher, writes computer programs that create
three-dimensional muscle and bone models of each patient prior
to surgery.
"What
Mohamed's research has done is allow us to see the size and
orientation of the muscles before we make that first cut,"
said Dr. Douglas Dennis, chairman of the board of RMMRL, at
a recent fundraising dinner. "It allows us to perform
surgery that is virtually risk-free, with increased implant
life, better mobility and freedom from pain. In essence, a
much improved life."
Companies
that make joint implant devices are using this research to
design longer-lasting and better functioning materials.
Source:
Medical Week staff,
week of June 16, 2002
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