Orthopedic surgeon Nilesh Patel, MD, is using the AnchorKnot Tissue Approximation Kit to repair herniated discs.
Three insights:
1. Dr. Patel has been treating patients with the device at Michigan Spine Clinic in Brownstown Township and Michigan Orthopedic Specialists in Dearborn for over a year.
2. AnchorKnot provides minimally invasive surgical decompression of herniated intervertebral discs.
3. It aims to improve patient outcomes with shorter OR times and close tissue defects in microdiscectomy procedures more efficiently.
"Microdiscectomy surgery allows a patient to return to a more healthy state — faster and with less pain," said Dr. Patel. "We are always looking to reduce the size of the tissue defect and we see it as a critical step towards our goal of and improving procedure outcomes."