The Visionaire Technology
VISIONAIRE™ is a special technology targeting patient needs that is used in knee arthroplasty requiring the use of MRI and complete X-ray film of standing patients under load. MRI is used to create individually custom-designed cutting blocks and the complete X-ray film of the standing patient for correct axial alignment of the implant. This method allows the orthopaedist to perform precision bone cuts needed to place and correctly align the knee implant, which can result in significant extension of the service life of the implant and makes it possible for the patient to return to active life. To produce/make the VISIONAIRE Patient Matched TKA cutting blocks a number of diagnostic imaging methods have been evaluated, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) and CT arthrography. Our protocol of preoperative imaging with MRI has shown that it provides precise replication of bone and cartilage anatomy essential for the special patient-targeting technologies. Precise fitting of femur and tibia that can be achieved using the cutting blocks from Smith & Nephew is possible in most cases thanks to anatomic details provided on MRI films integrated into each unique cutting block. This level of anatomic replication is unparalleled compared with other imaging methods.
Advantages of Visionaire technology:
For the patient:
- less invasive intervention – without the need for disrupting the intramedullary channel
- lower risk of fat embolism
- shorter duration of interventions – more considerate anaesthesia
- more efficient convalescence process – faster return to normal movements
For the surgeon:
- fewer surgical steps (less by approximately 20 steps when compared with standard procedures) associated with sizing and placement of cutting templates
- shorter duration of surgery
- control – preoperative planning allowing to implement changes
- smaller blood loss and reduced need of blood transfusions
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Workplaces in the Czech Republic using the Visionaire technology:
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U Vojenské nemocnice 1200 162 00, Praha 6 Lékaři: Prim. MUDr. Václav Vaněček, MUDr. Antonín Chochola
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Masarykova třída 900, 735 14 Orlová Lékaři: Prim. MUDr. Tomáš Knybel, MUDr. Tomáš Gongol, MUDr. Michal Fečko
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Šrobárova 1150/50, 100 00, Praha 10 Lékaři: Prof. MUDr. Martin Krbec, CSc., MUDr. Filip Svatoš
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17. listopadu 1790, 708 52, Ostrava-Poruba Lékaři: prim. MUDr. Zdeněk Cichý, Ph.D., MUDr. Pavel Walder, as. MUDr. Richard Kašpárek, MUDr. Martin Mohyla
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Vančurova 1548, 272 59 Kladno Lékaři: MUDr. František Picek
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Nemocniční 20, 728 80, Ostrava Lékaři: prim. MUDr. Michal Mačák
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Sokolská 581, 500 05, Hradec Králové Lékaři: MUDr. David Pellar, MUDr. Egon Procházka
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Havlíčkovo nábřeží 600 762 75 Zlín Lékaři: prim. MUDr. Tomáš Strnad, MUDr. Zdeněk Košťál, MUDr. Bedřich Vašek, MUDr. Petr Šustek, MUDr. Rostislav Janečka,
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Drobného 38–40 602 00 Brno Lékaři: prim. MUDr. Milan Novotný, MUDr. Petr Otiepka, MUDr. Jan Šneler, MUDr. René Moster, MUDr. Oldřich Jelínek, MUDr. Zdeněk Šmíd, MUDr. Pavel Procházka, MUDr. René Boglevský, MUDr. Jan Kubálek, MUDr. Alois Hrabec, MUDr. Marek Frajt
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Palackého 481 756 61 Rožnov pod Radhoštěm Lékaři: MUDr. Radoslav Jura, MUDr. Pavel Doruška, MUDr. Marek Zdráhal, MUDr. Libor Richter
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M. Gorkého 77 541 21 Trutnov Lékaři: MUDr. Radovan Lipenský, CSc.
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Vrchlického 59 586 33 Jihlava Lékaři: MUDr. Jiří Šedivý, MUDr. Pavel Nechvátal, MUDr. Ladislav Čepera
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Havlíčkova 660/73 767 55 Kroměříž Lékaři: prim. MUDr. Moheb Rafi, MUDr. Richard Kreml, MUDr. Vojtěch Škrabal, MUDr. Jan Vejrosta, MUDr. Arnošt Škrabal
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U Malvazinky 5 150 00 Praha 5 Lékaři: prim. Vladimír Hospodár, MUDr. Petr Koníř
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Otakara Kubína 179 680 21 Boskovice Lékaři: prim. MUDr. Bedřich Kala ml., MUDr. Jaroslav Laštůvka
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U nemocnice 1 690 74 Břeclav Lékaři: prim. MUDr. František Horáček, MUDr. Rastislav Chmurovič, MUDr. Jan Pochop, MUDr. Zdeněk Šmíd
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J.E.Purkyně 365 686 68 Uherské Hradiště Prim. MUDr. Martin Skládal, Ph.D.
