Vero Orthopaedics in Vero Beach, Fla. added the Bear implant for ACL repair in January, the practice said in an April 19 email to Becker's.
John Peden, MD, performed the first case January 18 at Vero's The Advanced Center for Surgery. His patient was a 14-year-old girl who tore her ACL while playing soccer. The girl is healing and is working to return to soccer by next season.
Dr. Peden is the first surgeon in Florida's Indian River County to use the Bear implant. The implant leverages a patient's own blood to repait the ACL.