Zimmer® Gender Solutions™ High-Flex Knee Replacem...

Philadelphia, PA – On Thursday, September 14, at 6:30 p.m. EDT, Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, PA will broadcast a live total knee replacement procedure featuring the Zimmer Gender Solutions High-Flex Knee, the first knee replacement shaped to fit a woman's anatomy. Knee replacements have long been available in many sizes, but merely using a different size for women doesn't resolve anatomical differences. Various studies show that women's knees significantly differ in shape from men's knees. Pioneering research conducted for Zimmer precisely maps out those differences and is the foundation for the design and development of the Gender Solutions Knee. When placing traditional implants, some surgeons accommodate women's differences by removing more bone or repositioning the implant during surgery, but their ability to make the implant precisely conform to the patient is limited. The Gender Solutions High-Flex Implant was designed so the surgeon can more closely match the female patient's knee anatomy. Robert E. Booth, Jr., M.D., Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, will perform the surgery. The webcast will be moderated by Giles R. Scuderi, M.D., Director, Insall Scott Kelly Institute, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY. Questions from both surgeons and the general public can be sent in via email during the broadcast. "Mounting research indicates that a woman's knee is not simply a smaller version of a man's knee. The differences involve the bones, ligaments and tendons in the joints," said Dr. Booth. "Women can wear men's clothing and shoes, but most prefer clothing and shoes made for them. That's because women are shaped differently than men. It's the same with knees, and it makes perfect sense to design knee implants with women in mind, particularly considering that women are by far the majority of the knee replacement patient population." N...