Because I have had 32 dislocations over 20 years, my cartilage -- which is the knee's shock absorber -- has been ... this new operation -- a chondrocyte implant. My surgeon put me in touch with ...

The first surgery in the state of Tennessee using the MISHA Knee System was performed by T. Lisle Whitman, M.D., board-certified orthopedic surgeon and practice president at Appalachian Orthopedics.

An orthopedic surgeon and practice president of Bristol, Tenn.-based Appalachian Orthopedics performed the first surgery in ...

“I prefer to try to do corrective exercises versus surgery. It's not my thing,” he says. The meniscus is a piece of cartilage in the knee that acts as a shock absorber. According to the Mayo ...

The meniscus is a complex structure that serves as a critical shock absorber in the knee and one-size-fits ... Ph.D., an assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering in the ...

The implant is placed on the medial knee and moves with the natural joint ... and development and is the first implantable shock absorber for the treatment of medial compartment knee ...