On 11/3/2013 2:39 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 3 November 2013 19:31, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >> And maybe I'm just in a bad mood, its looking more & more as if I'll have >> to find about 35 large for a new knee if I want to walk well again. > > 35k would buy you nicer set of machine tools. How hard can it be to > machine a new knee?
Depends on what sort you want. ;) What's common these days is relining of the joint. The end of the Femur gets a three angle cut, over which is fitted a metal replica of the original end. The top of the Tibia is cut off flat to fit a metal plate with a plastic top that replicates the original end. If the Patella is also shot, its back will be cut off to fit a metal and plastic plate so it'll track properly in the Femur's groove. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/9494.htm After being all stitched up, physical therapy begins in a day or two. That style is used much more commonly than the GUEPAR hinge type of joint as it restores the natural joint motion which the hinge type does not. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that developers love is also attractive to malware creators. Download this white paper to learn more about secure code signing practices that can help keep Android apps secure. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=65839951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
