Researchers at the University of Alabama Birmingham have been extensively testing the OtisKnee Custom Fit Knee Replacement system. In 19 of 25 users hospital stay was shortened significantly, and patients were walking unassisted within 6 weeks.

A new study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham indicates that the OtisKnee Custom Fit Knee™ Replacement system may have a positive impact on length of hospital stay, range of motion, pain level and patient satisfaction immediately following total knee replacement surgery. The study abstract, titled “MRI-Guided Custom-Fit Total Knee Replacement: The First Six Weeks,” was presented at the joint Alabama Orthopedic Society and Mississippi Orthopedic Society annual meeting on May 3, 2008 in Sandestin, Fla. by Herrick Siegel, M.D., associate professor of surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and lead investigator of the study.