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Hand surgeon performs first surgery with FDA-cleared wrist replacement implant he designed

Hand surgeon performs first surgery with FDA-cleared wrist replacement implant he designed

Sixty-nine-year-old Mark Eisen says he waited seven years for a surgery he hopes will change his life. Last week, he had the first total wrist replacement with KinematX, a new implant co-designed by Scott Wolfe, MD, chief emeritus of the Hand and Upper Extremity Service at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). Dr. Wolfe performed the surgery on April 15.

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Source: Medical Xpress