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Re: acl lars

Posted By: Nat
Date: Tuesday, 26 August 2008, at 9:01 p.m.

In Response To: Re: acl lars (Becky J Thomas)

Why would I? My auto-patella graft is great. And I didn't lose anything from my knee, it just got moved around and things are growing back :)

I don't think that LARS is a difficult concept to grasp. It's just known from previous attempts that artificial ligaments don't work as well as flesh and blood ones, because they lack blood supply. There's not enough information out. 2 case studies are coming out? Awesome. Still not enough.

Why had a LARs graft during the Olympics? I would love to know.

And I'm glad that a Montreal patient had full flexation and extention 2 days post-op. I didn't have that even post surgery. I know guys who've gotten their knees scoped and need a bit longer than 2 days. Unless the LARs ligament has nano-bot technology that helps flexation and extension, then I don't know how it helped that patient's extension and flexation. Unless it does have smart nanobot technology and may God have mercy on the soul of Sarah Conners.

> 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: 122) -- 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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