New Device Gives Real-Time Answers for Joint Injuries (press release)
Sicklerville resident Amanda Butler had always been active. A runner and softball player growing up, she likes hiking through the mountains with her husband and two-year-old. But a nagging knee injury was making those hikes more and more difficult.
Despite surgery to treat a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus, Butler’s knee pain only worsened. “My knee would lock up. Any movement, or even sitting too long, would cause it to happen. It started happening more often too. I just wanted an answer to what was causing the pain, and to find out how to get better.”
The desire for a fast answer convinced Butler to try a new device used by Sean McMillan, DO, FAOAO, Chief of Orthopedics at Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, called Mi-eyeTM. Mi-eye uses a needle with an integrated camera and light source to perform a diagnostic arthroscopy in the doctor’s office—enabling patients to learn the cause of their orthopedic pain immediately rather than having to wait for the results of an MRI.
Lourdes is first in New Jersey to offer the device.
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