OrthoSonos

Total joint replacement has become a widely accepted treatment for many destructive joint diseases.

Failure of the two most commonly and most successfully replaced joints, the knee and the hip, occur due to infection, or to wear of the joint’s weight bearing surfaces which generates debris. In response to this debris, a biological reaction occurs that eventually leads to implant failure.

The required surgical revision can be severely complicated by progressing tissue damage: bone loss, pseudotumors, adverse local tissue reaction, necrosis, muscle mass loss, to name a few. Stage I and II Osteoarthritis and implant failure are not well detected by radiography and conventional MRI techniques¹.