Distinctly Montana Magazine

W W W. D I S T I N C T LY M O N TA NA . C O M 63 YOU TECHNOLOGY APPROACHES FOR A HEALTHIER BENEFIS ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON OFFERS NEW ANTERIOR APPROACH TO TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY USING THE HANA® TABLE Dr. Michael Dube, an Orthopedic Surgeon at the Benefis Orthopedic Center of Montana, is offering a new hip replacement technique — the anterior hip replacement using the Hana® table. With a traditional posterior hip replace- ment, patients typically experience six to eight weeks of restricted mobility. e anterior hip replacement technique utilizing the Hana® table can result in quicker recovery time, less post- operative pain, improved mobility, less blood loss during surgery, and a lower risk of hip dislocation following surgery. With the new, anterior approach to hip replacement, there is possible mobility from day one. Some additional advantages can include less time with a walking aid, earlier return of muscle strength, and a faster return to everyday activities. *e traditional approach to a total hip replacement surgery is to access the joint from the side or back, which generally requires a large incision and disruption of some muscle-tendon groups. e anterior hip replacement technique using the Hana® table allows the surgeon to move the patient into optimal positions to perform the total hip replacement through a single incision and enables them to work between the natural separations of the muscles to replace the hip. Using this technique minimizes damage to the muscle tissue, significantly increases patient mobility following surgery, and reduces the overall recovery time and mobility restrictions. ADVANCED ORTHOPEDIC TECHNOLOGY When did Bone-Printing Become a Thing? 3-D printing has many promising future applications in medicine, even the possibility of creating replacement organs. In orthopedics it is in use today to assist surgeons to realign malunited bones. By using fine-cut CT scans of a person's normal side and the malaligned side, exact replicas of the bones can be made. Using the CT data 3-D printing technology can then make precise jigs to guide cutting the bone to correct alignment. is preci- sion enhances the correction achieved and thus the functional outcome for the patient. DR. MICHAEL DUBE www.benefis.org DR. CURTIS R. SETTERGREN www.orthobones.com

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