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Dr. Brian Cole discusses how the Knee Bar Procedure may help those with knee pain · Cyrus Webb's tracks

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  Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Conversations Live. I'm your host,
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  Speaker 1: as well. This is part of a news segment here
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  Speaker 1: at WYED, and today we're talking about knee pain. If
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  Speaker 1: knee pain has you thinking knee replacement may be your
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  Speaker 1: only option, There may be another approach to consider. The
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  Speaker 1: minimally invasive knee bar procedure is designed to preserve and
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  Speaker 1: support your natural knee and may help some patients delay
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  Speaker 1: replacement while returning to activity sooner. Here to explain who
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  Speaker 1: may be a candidate and what patients should know, we're
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  Speaker 1: excited to welcome Dr. Brian Cole to our broadcast today.
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  Speaker 2: Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Cole is an orthopedic surgeon and a sports medicine expert.
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  Speaker 2: Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Cole, thank you again for stopping by. I really appreciate it.
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  Speaker 2: I'm happy to be with you this morning.
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  Speaker 1: So I want to ask you, Dr. Cole, many people
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  Speaker 1: have persistent knee pain but may not be ready for
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  Speaker 1: a knee replacement. What do we now understand about where
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  Speaker 1: that pain may be coming from?
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  Speaker 2: I've been an orthopedic surgeon in practice for nearly 30
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  Speaker 2: years now, and my area of interest and expertise, besides
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  Speaker 2: managing typical problems of the shoulder or elbow knee, has
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  Speaker 2: been on techniques that help to provide alternatives to joint replacement.
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  Speaker 2: otherwise known as joint preservation. And historically, the research that
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  Speaker 2: we've done here in Chicago at Rush University Medical Center
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  Speaker 2: has focused on ways to regenerate cartilage, and we've been
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  Speaker 2: very successful there. But one of the things that we've
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  Speaker 2: also recognized is that these patients, by the time they
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  Speaker 2: get to us in our office, have an overload condition
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  Speaker 2: that involves the bone adjacent or near the cartilage. And
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  Speaker 2: that's the condition that the NEBAR procedure focuses on, as
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  Speaker 2: a treatment for the overload that we see in patients
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  Speaker 2: who have early joint failure. And that's really the focus
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  Speaker 2: of this brief discussion we're having this morning.
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  Speaker 1: So what is the knee bar procedure then, Dr. Cole?
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  Speaker 2: The knee bar procedure is a minimally invasive procedure that
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  Speaker 2: utilizes an implant or a device that's placed adjacent to
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  Speaker 2: the cartilage surface but in the bone itself in the
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  Speaker 2: region that's showing overload by imaging or by MRI. it's
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  Speaker 2: almost like treating a fracture or a stress fracture. In fact,
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  Speaker 2: we now call it a subchondral insufficiency fracture. Sub means beneath,
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  Speaker 2: chondral means beneath the cartilage. And the device itself provides
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  Speaker 2: initial stability, in other words, to maybe share load in
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  Speaker 2: that region, much like you would see rebar in fiberglass
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  Speaker 2: or concrete in a foundation. And then over time, what
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  Speaker 2: we have shown through imaging and following our patients prospectively
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  Speaker 2: is the device resorbs and essentially turns into bone and
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  Speaker 2: is associated with a healing response in the bone itself.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, that's remarkable. And I know for those who have
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  Speaker 1: been dealing with knee pain, it's something I'm sure they'll
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  Speaker 1: be glad to hear about. as a great alternative. So, Dr. Cole,
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  Speaker 1: where can our audience go for more information and to
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  Speaker 1: maybe see if they might be a good candidate for
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  Speaker 1: the NEVAR procedure?
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  Speaker 2: Certainly, just as if anyone pursuing care and treatment for
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  Speaker 2: joint pain, an orthopedic surgeon is an excellent resource. Some
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  Speaker 2: may not be completely familiar with the procedures. It's relatively new,
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  Speaker 2: but look, we've been performing it now for more than
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  Speaker 2: three years. There's been More than 1,200 patients have been
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  Speaker 2: treated with the device, and we now have publications discussing it.
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  Speaker 2: But an orthopedic surgeon should know about it, but they
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  Speaker 2: can ask their orthopedic surgeon if they're familiar with the
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  Speaker 2: NEBAR procedure. Alternatively, they can go to nebardoc.com, nebardoc.com. one word,
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  Speaker 2: to find surgeons who might be in their area who
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  Speaker 2: have a specific interest in this procedure.
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  Speaker 1: And we'll make sure to link that up. Dr. Cole,
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  Speaker 1: thank you so much for the great information. I know
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  Speaker 1: our audience will appreciate it and looking forward to speaking
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  Speaker 1: with you again. Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: I'd be happy to come back.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate it. And we thank your audience
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  Speaker 1: part of a new segment here at WYAD. Until next time,
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