Treace Medical touts results of bunion surgery study (MassDevice)
Treace Medical Concepts said a study of its bunion implant surgery showed a high healing rate in patients undergoing an accelerated recovery protocol.
The study of the Ponte Vedra, Fla.-based company’s Lapiplasty 3D bunion correction system showed that most patients were able to stand on their operative foot five days after surgery and had a high rate of healing nine months after the procedure.
The study enrolled 195 patients, including 19.5% who had comorbidities known to compromise bone healing, with a mean follow-up of 9.5 months. Ninety-seven percent of the patients demonstrated a successful bony fusion of the joint and 98.9% maintained a stable joint position over the course of the study, which was published in The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery. The implant removal rate was 3.1% compared with conventional plate implants where published removal rates can be greater than of 17% for tarsometatarsal and 20% for big-toe joint fusion procedures.
The Lapiplasty procedure is designed to reproducibly correct all three planes of the bunion deformity and address the root cause of the bunion while allowing p...
