02/28/2012    

SUCCESS TIPS FROM THE MASTERS

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Bret Ribotsky: What is the hottest thing in foot surgery now or about to come down the pike?  

Dr. Lowell Weil, Sr.

Lowell Weil, Sr: I would like to think that pyrocarbon is. Recently, I went to France to see the work being done on other joints. They now have a pyrocarbon cue ball that they use for the femoral head. They use it on hand surgery all the time because it is so compatible with cartilage. It has the exact same properties as cartilage. Whether it’s going to work in the foot, I cannot tell yet because the foot is a much different animal than anything else, but I would like to see pyrocarbon coming out for many, many different types of joints in the next five years. 

Dr. Gregg Young

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