Gender Specific Knees
I've had
some questions recently about Zimmer's gender
specific knee, which is targeted at female patients.
I am actually pretty upset about what is a blatant
attempt to market unproven designs directly to
patients. It is true that femaie knees are generally
smaller and have a slightly different groove for the
knee cap than men do. However, most implants already
take this into account and have for years. There is
no reason to label a knee "specific to women" other
than to steer them to a Zimmer implant. I believe
that my patients are smarter than that and will see
through what is basically marketing hype.
Unfortunately, we often spend a lot of time talking
about non-issues like gender specifics rather than
important things, like getting through the surgery in
the safest and smoothest fashion possible.
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