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Nanoknee, is it better or merely hype?
Joint Replacements | Last Active: May 15 11:04am | Replies (132)Comment receiving replies
I don’t think Mayo Clinic probably ever did the jiffy knee replacement. It is not minimally invasive. It is traditional knee replacement and coded as such for insurance purposes. Some doctors have a discount plan for cash patients also. The outcome is the same. The quad isn’t cut so recovery is easier. My husbands pt was amazed at his first visit by the difference. There are only 33 doctors that are trained to do the jiffy knee legally. More are being trained continuously. Go to the jiffy knee.com site to learn more. There is a Facebook group jiffykneefanclub that is good. I know others in addition to my husband that have had theirs done by a jiffy knee trained surgeon. They are all so happy with their results and glad they had the jiffy knee option. People are traveling from out of state to the jiffy knee drs. It’s worth looking into at least.
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I disagree. I think Jiffy knee is minimally invasive as it avoids cutting the muscle and tendon. But there are many options out there that just don't bear the trademarked name.
As I explained to someone else, my doctor did a mini midvastus method. He didn't cut the tendon nor the muscle but did go through the muscle.
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Jiffy knee is a form of subvastus surgery which avoids cutting the muscles and tendons. I mentioned to my surgeon (who uses a robotic subvastus approach) that a friend was getting a Jiffy Knee. He said that it depended upon the skill of the Jiffy Knee surgeon. I mentioned the name of the Jiffy Knee surgeon that my friend was using and he said that he had not seen any bad results from his work.
We continued chatting (he was in a chatting mood) and we both agreed that even more important than the approach was the experience of the surgeon. We both felt that substantial successful experience in the particular methodology was the most important requirement. He said this even though he himself was an engineer with numerous patents and he is the primary inventor of the new gold standard for hip replacement (Superpath). Here is an interesting web comment from a knee surgeon:
https://drmichaelwind.com/subv-knee-vs-subvastus-knee-vs-jiffy-knee-whats-the-difference/
The particular Jiffy Knee surgeon my friend is using has done thousands of them.
I am bone on bone on my right knee and it is deformed to the side as well so my surgeon has to straighten it out as well. I will see soon how it went (September 25th is my surgical date).