He told me November , if all goes well with FDA and he said he was confident it will. So I went ahead and emailed Teresa to try and schedule for January. Dr D said it will def be out by then.
I don’t see why anybody would want to get the partial weight , just wait for this one to be released. It’s only a few grand more, and will be out late this year, early next at the latest. He did say there is a good sized wait list , so I’m trying to schedule my surgery in January (giving it time for release)
I agree full weight bearing is the ideal move. but there are a few issues you're missing
1) It's a complete new release. If there are issues with it such as the issues they had with Stryde, or worse, it might not show up until a year later. That's basically what happened with the Stryde right? They couldnt have known about the widespread cohrosion until a huge sample size of people started taking out the nails 1 year later. So you're effectively a ginnue pig. Precise 2.2 has been out for like a decade. It's safe, and the surgeons are super familiar with it. I believe Dr. A even preferred it over the Stryde back when Stryde was still on the market
2) Non Union. One of the issues with Stryde was that it was so good at doing its job that it has a substantial delayed union in patients. Bone likes to be crushed and that's what causes them to grow back quickly. But full weight bearing prevents that from happening effectively, hence it will take longer to fully grow the bone back. Precise 2.2 has a better 1-2 year mark performance. While Pre 1 year, the weight bearing one obviously will be better because of the ability to walk early on.
That said, I would choose precise max over precise 2.2 as well. But just wanted to give some counter arguements.
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