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Bear Implant and Meniscus
Repair Rehab Protocol

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Brace range setting

24
hours
1-14
days
2-4
weeks
4-6
weeks
6
week

Keep brace locked straight
(zero degrees)

Set your brace range
0 (extension) to 45 degrees (flexion)

Set your brace range
0 to 90 degrees

Discontinue brace

Weight bearing status

Partial weight bearing with crutches.
Put half (50%) of your total body weight on your operative leg by using a crutch in the opposite sided arm. (two crutches can be used if preferred)

PWB with crutches.
You may begin to ween from crutches at week 4. Only apply full weight to leg when brace is locked in extension. Refrain from putting weight on a bent knee (squating, rising from a seated position.)

Full weight bearing with brace locked in extension.
Allowed to bend the knee to 90 degrees when not bearing weight. No weight on bent leg.

Begin physical therapy with meniscus tear protocol.

Instructions

Keep your brace locked at zero degrees in extension until 24 hours after your surgery.

Set your brace so that it allows your knee to bend from fully straight to 45 degrees. Perform knee range of motion exercises (0-45d) when not bearing weight.
Lock your brace at zero while walking and sleeping for the first 6 weeks.

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    Justin D. Saliman, MD, located in Beverly Hills, is a Stanford sports medicine trained orthopaedic surgeon operating out of Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.

     

    He is the founder of Ceterix® Orthopaedics and the inventor of the NovoStitch® Pro Meniscal Repair System, which was acquired by a large medical device company called Smith & Nephew in 2019.

    The device was granted FDA approval in 2012 and Dr. Saliman has been using it to preserve knee joints ever since.

     

    Nobody has more experience sewing meniscus tears
    back together than Dr. Saliman.

     

    He is specialized in joint preserving minimally invasive techniques to repair injuries to the knee to prevent arthritis and the need for joint replacement later in life.

    Dr. Saliman completed a sports medicine fellowship at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he cared for the San Francisco 49ers and the athletic teams at Santa Clara and Stanford Universities.

    Prior to his fellowship, he completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at the prestigious St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center of Columbia University in New York City. He earned his medical degree at the University of Colorado School of Medicine outside his hometown of Denver.

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