3D Printed Titanium Truss - Talar Bone Loss Specific Implant
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Everyone deserves a second chance! - #NeoArmory
You should create one for yourself when life doesn’t give you a second chance.
Or Meshworks let 3D-print it for you...
Yes. Meshworks are a medical arm of the Alloyed group based in the UK. They have partnered with Orthosolutions, the well-known foot and ankle implant specialists. Now we have a patient-specific, 3D printed titanium truss for talar bone loss. A better way to put it is “talar bone loss specific implant” for fixation.
Design is by engineers using patients’ CT alongside the Surgeon who decides the bone cuts, real-time online in under 90 mins. Once the design and size are confirmed the order is shipped within 2 weeks. They come either as sphere or keystone with or without talar articulation, fixed with hind foot nails and additional screws with or without allografts
Bone ingrowth strengthens the construct and the truss helps in maintaining limb length. Some case reports show good follow-ups. Fusion rates seem as high as 85%. Complications like nonunion and infection can occur. Another issue is the cost which will take time to come down as titanium 3D printings become more common. Second chances are indeed priceless.
