Until a while ago, the only commercial knee prosthesis did not distinguish sex, but since women’s knees are smaller than those of men, certain parts tended to protrude and cause pain, making it difficult for patients to get up. and climb stairs. The FDA authorized the first knee prostheses for women, manufactured by Zimmer, Inc. “Women are not small men; they are different and they walk in different ways, “says Dr. Robert Booth, head of orthopedic surgery at the Hospital of Pennsylvania, who has implanted about 500 of the new prostheses. The prostheses are now made to fit the patients.
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