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Re: acl lars

Posted By: Becky J Thomas
Date: Tuesday, 26 August 2008, at 11:46 a.m.

In Response To: Re: acl lars (Nat)

> As far as I've seen, even the doctors in UK and Europe are
> choose LARs are as a last resort. The most promising thing
> about LARs is the marketing they do for this product.
> I'm 1 year out and my knee feels very good and normal. I
> did a lot of research, and it's 2 parts to a successful
> surgery anyways:
> 1.) good surgeon who does perfect graft placement
> 2.)early and persistent rehab with full extension and
> flexation achieved @ 8-12 weeks.
Nat, I am curious as to where you live in Europe and where you get the information to back your statement? If you live in the UK, you might want to schedule an appointment with Dr. Jonathan Beacon who has performed over 7500 LARS surgeries over the last 12yrs. You will find that LARS is not a last resort. It is the first choice for many competitive athletes. There is a time frame when LARS is the best choice and often socialized medicine requires the patient to wait too long. I think part of the problem with understanding this technology is that many can't look beyond the box of traditional knee repair. The idea that an internal fixation device can give immediate stability to an unstable knee is a difficult concept to understand. You will be happy to know that there are currently 2 long-term, peer-reviewed studies underway examining the knees of patients who had LARS surgeries done to repair their acl's between 10-15yrs ago. Comments on this board often refer to LARS as being something offered in only 3rd world countries. This statement is totally false as it is approved around the world in countries whose medical standards are as high or higher than the US. There are pharmaceutical companies scrambling to get the rights to present LARS in the US. My son is 3yrs post-op. If he ever needed another ligament repaired, I would again choose LARS. You saw LARS ligaments at work in the Olympics. I am glad that LARS has taken the needed steps to improve their information systems. It can only help to give people another choice in ligament repair. PS: a recent LARS patient to Montreal had full extension/flexation at 2 days post-op.

Messages In This Thread

acl lars (views: 135) -- PATRICIAFOX -- Wednesday, 20 August 2008, at 2:40 p.m.
- Re: acl lars (views: 141) -- drmark -- Wednesday, 20 August 2008, at 6:13 p.m.
  - Re: acl lars (views: 116) -- PatriciaFox -- Thursday, 21 August 2008, at 7:02 p.m.
    - Re: acl lars (views: 92) -- jamesor -- Friday, 22 August 2008, at 8:36 p.m.
      - Re: acl lars (views: 99) -- PatriciaFox -- Saturday, 23 August 2008, at 12:51 a.m.
        
        Re: acl lars (views: 96) -- Nat -- Tuesday, 26 August 2008, at 3:30 a.m.
        
        Re: acl lars (views: 123) -- Becky J Thomas -- Tuesday, 26 August 2008, at 11:46 a.m.
        
        Re: acl lars (views: 95) -- Nat -- Tuesday, 26 August 2008, at 9:01 p.m.
        
        Re: acl lars (views: 104) -- jamesor -- Saturday, 23 August 2008, at 12:30 p.m.

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Message: > Nat, I am curious as to where you live in Europe and where > you get the information to back your statement? If you live > in the UK, you might want to schedule an appointment with > Dr. Jonathan Beacon who has performed over 7500 LARS > surgeries over the last 12yrs. You will find that LARS is > not a last resort. It is the first choice for many > competitive athletes. There is a time frame when LARS is > the best choice and often socialized medicine requires the > patient to wait too long. I think part of the problem with > understanding this technology is that many can't look > beyond the box of traditional knee repair. The idea that an > internal fixation device can give immediate stability to an > unstable knee is a difficult concept to understand. You > will be happy to know that there are currently 2 long-term, > peer-reviewed studies underway examining the knees of > patients who had LARS surgeries done to repair their acl's > between 10-15yrs ago. Comments on this board often refer to > LARS as being something offered in only 3rd world > countries. This statement is totally false as it is > approved around the world in countries whose medical > standards are as high or higher than the US. There are > pharmaceutical companies scrambling to get the rights to > present LARS in the US. My son is 3yrs post-op. If he ever > needed another ligament repaired, I would again choose > LARS. You saw LARS ligaments at work in the Olympics. I am > glad that LARS has taken the needed steps to improve their > information systems. It can only help to give people > another choice in ligament repair. PS: a recent LARS > patient to Montreal had full extension/flexation at 2 days > post-op.
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